Cylinder Seal with a Standing Figure and Animals

16th-14th century BCE (Mitannian) H: 13/16 in. (2 cm) Citation Source image

This scene includes a central geometric design and a standing male figure holding a knife. Above the design is a recumbent horned quadruped and a griffin, and below there is a lion attacking a horned gazelle. A rosette, fish, and bird are also included in the scene. Cylinder...

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13104
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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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