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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mesopotamian, Neo-Sumerian
Title:Cylinder seal
Date Made:2100–2000 BCE
Type:Documentary Artifact
Materials:serpentine
Place Made:from Nineveh
Measurements:Overall: 13/16 in x 7/16 in; 2.1 cm x 1.1 cm
Accession Number:  AC SEAL.XX.19
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. Henry John Lobdell (Class of 1849)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Beardless personage (dead?) is led to right by attendant to seated goddess with two-horned cap. Possibly "judgment" scene.

Label Text:
Goddess leads worshiper to enthroned goddess

Tags:
ancient; seals; figures; deities; mythology

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