Cylinder Seal with a Cultic Scene

2nd-mid 1st millennium BCE or modern Diam: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation

This cylinder seal includes two standing figures standing before an altar or emblem. The style of the scene is unusual and might not be authentic. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Se...

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27104
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object
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normalized
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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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