Mesopotamian - Cylinder Seal with a Deity Accepting an Offering - Walters 42713

This seal depicts a favorite scene of the Old Babylonian period in which a worshiper stands among a number of gods. The worshiper, in a long robe and cap, offers an animal to the sun-god Shamash, who rests one foot on a stool and holds the saw of justice in his outstretched hand. The sun disk, nestled in a crescent, floats between the two. The goddess Lama stands with her hands raised in supplication. Behind her, a male figure in a shendyt holds a curving weapon at his side, and another figure behind Shamash holds the bucket and "sprinkler" associated with fertility.

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2016

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