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Summary
The Kassites were a people from the northwest who installed themselves as the rulers of southern Mesopotamia, unified under the name of Babylonia. They adopted much of its culture, including the cylinder seal. Their seals tend to be tall and thin and often devote much of the surface to inscriptions of prayers, as in this example, which also depicts a seated deity holding divine symbols.
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artwork
archaeological glyphs
cylinder seals in the walters art museum
deity seated rod and ring symbol cross 4 sky glyph kassite cylinder seal walters 42619
walters art museum
Date
2016
Source
Walters Art Museum
Link
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