English: 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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== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Kassite |title = ''Cylinder Seal'' |description = {{en|The Kassites were a people from the northwest who installed themselves as the rulers of southern Mesopotamia...