Cylinder Seal with Seated Crowned Goddess and Two Men

Description The scene on this seal shows a seated deity wearing a horned crown and flounced robe, offering a cup to a standing figure facing him, also wearing a long robe. In the deity's other hand, appears to be a boomerang. Between these two figures is a small dancing stick figure, and an inverted crescent is located in the field between them. There is also a third figure with one arm raised, who stands behind the figure recieving the cup. Additionally, there is a cuneiform inscription in three registers incorporated into the scene.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1941