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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Late Akkadian
2200–2100 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamian
Medium/Technique
Serpentinite
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1468
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionSeated god on throne at left with star inscribed in crescent above him. Interceding goddess grasps by hand a bare or shaven-headed male suppliant carrying a sacrificial kid on his arm. Another figure holding a situla follows him. The hairdo of this last figure may be compared to that of Akkadian royal figures such as the bronze head from Nineveh and the royal figure represented on the "Sargon Stele."
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)