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The Babylonian World - Historia Antigua

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— <strong>Babylonian</strong> seals —<br />

Figure 7.18 Worshipper with fan before seated figure with cup; filling motifs. Inscribed ‘It is the<br />

god who (gives) life; it is the king who saves’. Faience. 5.02 × 1.7. (Collon 1987, no. 291).<br />

Figure 7.19 Scene based on Egyptian depictions of Levantines; the vessels are Mycenaean stirrup<br />

jars. Inscribed in crude Egyptian hieroglyphs ‘Great Prince of Sangar, Kurigalzu’, presumably<br />

Kurigalzu II (1332–1308 BC); Sangar was an Egyptian name for Babylonia. Carnelian. Dimensions<br />

not given. Excavated at Metsamor in Georgia. Drawing (not to scale) by D. Collon after the<br />

photograph in Brentjes 1991.<br />

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