Cylinder Seal with Horned Quadrupeds

ca. 3100-2900 BCE (Late Uruk or Jamdet Nasr)

1.9 cm 2.2 cm

Citation

This very early cylinder seal bears three stylized horned quadrupeds, perhaps representing a "sacred herd." Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark ownersh...

Artifact

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2347
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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/42.571

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