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Cylinder seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Akkadian
2334–2154 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamian

Medium/Technique Green serpentine
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 32.8 x 20.5
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1472
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionPresentation scene. Deity with shoulder flames (probably Shamash) seated on a throne. Interceding figure (head worn out) introduces two bearded male suppliants to seated deity.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)