Cylinder Seal with a Worshipper, Deity, and a Contest Scene

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa)

1 cm 2.4 cm

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This seal features a worshipper in front of a storm god. Several animals fight in an auxiliary scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark ownership, an...

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37903
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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.820

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