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Cylinder seal with a presentation scene showing a human figure before Shamash (the sun god). A bull-man holding a sun-disk standard and an interceding goddess appear behind the god. A fly, a monkey, a crescent, a hand, a human head, and a fish all appear as filler motifs.
Length: 0.026 m
Width: 0.014 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Oliver, R. L. B., The Rev.
Late Old Babylonian
-1800
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-1601
Accession number: ANE.12.1942
Primary reference Number: 88887
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.12.1942
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cylinder seal" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/88887 Accessed: 2024-12-23 08:16:15
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