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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Two Standing Figures with Inscriptions - Walters 42678 - Side A.jpg The scene on this seal depicts a standing deity in a horned headdress and long robe resting one foot on an animal In the field before this deity there is a small animal possibly a monkey followed by a worshipper in a short tunic a small child and a standing goddess in a flounced robe wearing a horned headdress and posed with both arms raised Behind this goddess is a brief inscription and then a final figure in short tunic holding bent object followed by another line of signs date Isin-Larsa Old Babylonian hematite cm 1 5 accession number 42 678 15245 Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase 1941 Inscription place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
