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Source Description
This stamp seal depicts a lamassu, a winged bull with a human head, carved in intaglio.
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Document identity
localId
3077
label
Stamp Seal with a Lamassu
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
3077
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Stamp Seal with a Lamassu
description
This stamp seal depicts a lamassu, a winged bull with a human head, carved in intaglio.
provenance
Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
date
226-700 CE (Sasanian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
stamp seals
intaglio
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Sasanian
med
carnelian
creator_ids
1962
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4111316d44bb3e9e