Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 2700-2334 BCE (Early Dynastic I-II)

1.1 cm 2.1 cm

Citation

This contest scene depicts a fighting hero and rearing animals including a lion, human-headed bull, and horned quadrupeds. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used...

Artifact

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20525
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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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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.697

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