Cylinder Seal with Intertwined Goats and an Inscription

ca. 539-331 BCE (Achaemenid)

1 cm 1.9 cm

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This cylinder seal depicts two horned and rearing goats with their necks intertwined. Registers of cuneiform text are incorporated into the design. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. S...

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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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