Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

mid 14th-12th century BCE (Middle Assyrian)

1.4 cm 3.2 cm

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The Assyrian empire rose to power in the Middle Assyrian period. During this time, the art of the cylinder seal increased in naturalism, movement, and sculptural quality. Seal carvers also expanded their repertoire of fantastic and mythical creatures. On this seal, a bird-man...

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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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