Cylinder Seal with Two Standing Figures, Two Sphinxes, and a Bird

15th-13th century BCE (Mitannian)

1 cm 3.1 cm

Citation

This scene depicts stylized birds, winged griffins, and standing figures characteristic of the late Mitanni period. Modern gold caps are affixed to both ends of the seal. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions w...

Artifact

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4225
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.496

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