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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Old Babylonian
1894–1595 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia

Medium/Technique Hematite
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 20.2 mm. x 9.1
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1505
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionPresentation scene? Suppliant goddess at right, king wearing round cap, turban, and holding mace at center, attendant with upraised knife or whisk at left.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)