The Musee du Louvre's own collection database record for "Sceau-cylindre: scene d'intercession," an Akkadian-period marble cylinder seal, inventory number MNB 1905, purchased in 1880 from Ernest M. Benecke. The record gives the light green marble material, dimensions of 2.6 centimeters diameter by 3.6 centimeters height, the Akkad-period date range of approximately 2340 to 2200 BCE, and describes the god of the freshwater abyss with a heroic attendant, the two-faced Usmu introducing a personal goddess before the seal's worshipper owner.
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The holding museum's own catalogue record for an object in its permanent collection, giving inventory number, acquisition history, material and dimensions, independently corroborated by a Wikidata item and a separately maintained Wikimedia Commons file description reproducing the same inventory number and gallery location. Citation
PublisherMusee du Louvre
URLhttps://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010171727
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Akkadian directly: "scene d'intercession," an Akkadian-period marble cylinder seal, inventory number MNB 1905, purchased in 1880 from Ernest M."
Source Cylinder Seal Intercession Scene MNB 1905, Museum Record (Musee du Louvre)
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)
This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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