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Cylinder Seal with Worshipper at Altar
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Bearded worshipper in a long robe stands in front of an altar with divine symbols of Marduk (spade) and Nabu (stylus), raising one hand in a gesture of reverence. An inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphics is in the 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 Worshipper at Altar
Description:
Bearded worshipper in a long robe stands in front of an altar with divine symbols of Marduk (spade) and Nabu (stylus), raising one hand in a gesture of reverence.
An inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphics is in the terminal field.
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