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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Old Babylonian
1894–1595 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Hematite
Dimensions
2.7 x 1.2 cm (1 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Endowment for Biblical Research, Boston
Accession Number1983.567
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionPresentation scene. A ruler holding a kid stands before a god followed by two attendant figures. In the field between the king and the goddess is a star disk inscribed in crescent. Between the goddess and the first of the three following figures is a squatting mongoose.
ProvenanceBy 1983: Endowment for Biblical Research, Boston; 1983: given to the MFA by the Endowment for Biblical Research, 7 December 1983.