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| Keywords: Near Eastern - Cylinder Seal with Enkidu Vanquishing the Bull of Heaven - Walters 42786 - View A.jpg At the center of the depicted scene is a handled jug on a stand Flanking this motif on both sides is an animal contest motif with a bearded hero/bull-man in horned headdress battling a bull-man At the edge of the scene is a cuneiform inscription in two registers at the top and beneath it is a small four legged animal with a long tail that curls upward between 1970 1670 BC early Old Babylonian; Babylon I hematite cm 2 3 1 4 accession number 42 786 3746 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 Inscription place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of the ancient Near East Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
