Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene and an Inscription
This seal depicts a human headed, winged lion wearing a horned crown, with an inverted crescent in the field above him. The scene also incorporates a cuneiform inscription in three registers. Part of the seal has been damaged. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in r...
Images (9)
Artifact
| id |
id
4549
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
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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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
9
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.808_SideA_DD_T06.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.808_SideA_DD_T06.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.808_SideA_DD_T06.jpg |
| imageCount | 9 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.808 |
Terms
Culture
Neo-Babylonian or Neo-Assyrian
Medium
yellow transparent stone