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Cylinder Seal: Bull Facing a Seated Figure
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Bull with winged gate/shrine on its back faces seated figure with outstretched arm, probably a deity; crescent moon above; second figure stands behind bull and holds a rope attached to shrine
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Marian H. Phinney Fund
Title: Cylinder Seal: Bull Facing a Seated Figure
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Bull with winged gate/shrine on its back faces seated figure with outstretched arm, probably a deity; crescent moon above; second figure stands behind bull and holds a rope attached to shrine.
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