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| Keywords: Mitannian - Cylinder Seal with a Row of Human Figures above Animals - Walters 42685.jpg This seal depicts a group of Mitannian deities A winged male stands between two bulls and holds aloft a winged disk from which a deity emerges Two male figures kneel on the backs of the bulls in adoration A winged female stands holding small animals and a male deity stands on a lion's back He holds a weapon possibly a mace in one hand and a horned animal in the other; a bird perches on his shoulder The tradition of representing deities on the backs of animals came from central Anatolia between 1500 1300 BC Mitannian carved jadite cm 3 2 1 5 accession number 42 685 17970 Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase 1941 place of origin Mitanni in Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Mythological hybrids Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Cylinder seal impressions Mitanni seal impressions 7-dot glyphs Archaeological star glyphs Lions in art of the ancient Near East Birds in art of the ancient Near East Animals in art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
