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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Barrel-Shaped Cylinder with Presentation Scene: Central God Faces Worshipper in Short Skirt Bearing Small Vessel, behind God a Lamma Goddess, behind Worshipper Another God (?) in Long Robe, in Field Two Kinds of Vessels
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Barrel-Shaped Cylinder with Presentation Scene: Central God Faces Worshipper in Short Skirt Bearing Small Vessel, behind God a Lamma Goddess, behind Worshipper Another God (?) in Long Robe, in Field Two Kinds of Vessels

Possible OriginIran, Asia
CultureElamite
PeriodOld Elamite Period
Date19th-18th Century BCE
MediumCarnelian-agate
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions11/16 x 5/16 in. (1.7 x 0.8 cm)
Object number2012.032.267
ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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