Cylinder Seal with a Hunting Scene

mid 14th-12th century BCE (Middle Assyrian) H: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm) Citation

This seal depicts a kneeling hunter pulling back an arrow that is aimed at a horned quadruped. A crescent moon is also included. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally...

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10727
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.633

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