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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Old Babylonian
1894–1595 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Brownish chalcedony
Dimensions
Overall: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.648
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionPresentation scene. A worshipper figure wearing a long fringed robe, skull-cap and turban (king?) offering libation in front of a two-faced divinity (Usmu) one of whose feet rests on a cross-hatched footstool. The deity holds the lion-demon standard, an emblem of the underworld god Nergal. Behind worshipper stand a figure with shaven head (priest?) carrying bucket and vessel, and a suppliant goddess with raised hands. B.B. 295.1.
ProvenanceBy 1925: Edward Perry Warren collection (bought in Paris); 1925: lent to the MFA by Edward Perry Warren, October 28, 1925; 1927: purchased by the MFA from Edward Perry Warren.