Cylinder Seal with a Combat Scene
This seal features a combat scene with heroes, possibly Gilgamesh and Enkidu, fighting lions that stand on their hind legs. Rosettes and birds decorate the space between the fighters. The content of the scene is Akkadian, but the style of the birds suggests it is a later Ur II...
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| id |
id
28410
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
0
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| source |
source
import
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| imageCount | 0 |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.425 |
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