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Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figure
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A bearded worshipper in a long robe stands to the side of a stylized tree; a winged disc appears above the tree with a bust of the god Ashur. To the side is a winged mythical creature with a bearded human head, and a winged, bearded demon in a long, open-front robe. Star, crescent, and two intertwined snakes (?) are in terminal field.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Hans Silvius von Aulock Istanbul; sold [through Christie's New York June 13 2000 no.546] to Harvard University Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Leslie Cheek Jr. and Purchase through the generosity of Sol Rabin and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Title: Cylinder Seal with Animals and Figure
Description:
A bearded worshipper in a long robe stands to the side of a stylized tree; a winged disc appears above the tree with a bust of the god Ashur.
To the side is a winged mythical creature with a bearded human head, and a winged, bearded demon in a long, open-front robe.
Star, crescent, and two intertwined snakes (?) are in terminal field.
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