Cylinder Seal with a Hunting Scene

ca. 1000-539 BCE or modern (Neo-Babylonian or modern)

1.1 cm 2.1 cm

Citation

This scene depicts a hunter drawing back his bow, about to shoot a quadruped. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generall...

Artifact

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14414
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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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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.594

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