SealsMesopotamian2nd millennium BCE
Cylinder Seal: Presentation Scene
c. 2017-1780 BCE
Description
Suppliant goddess with raised hands behind a worshiper, presumably the seal owner, who, with his hands clasped, approaches a seated king holding a cup; star and crescent above.
Provenance
Marcopoli collection, Aleppo, (by 1984). McLendon collection, (by 1993), sold; [through Christie's, New York, June 14, 1993, lot 117], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1993.
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