Cylinder Seal with a Nude Hero

ca. 2334-2193 BCE (Akkadian)

2.4 cm 3.7 cm

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In the Akkadian period, seal designs became more detailed. In the two scenes on this seal, a nude heroic figure with heavy beard and long curls holds off two roaring lions, and another hero struggles with a water buffalo. The inscription in the panel identifies the owner of th...

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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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