Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene and Animals

ca. 1970-1600 BCE (Old Syrian) Diam: 5/16 in. (0.9 cm) Citation

This seal depicts two figures, hands raised, facing one another on either side of an emblems, while a lion or bull creature attacks a horned antelope. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay...

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20150
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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/42.750

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