Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 2700-2334 BCE (Late Early Dynastic II-Early Dynastic III) H: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) Citation

This seal depicts two standing heroes, each holding a rearing animal in one hand in a "Master of Animals" pose. 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 own...

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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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