Cylinder Seal with Animals and Circular Motifs

mid 14th-mid 13th century BCE (Mitannian)

0.8 cm 2.1 cm

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The surface of this cylinder seal is covered with animals in profile and bands of semi-connected spirals. The central animal, appearing above the others, is a griffin; below the griffin are lions and quadrupeds. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intagli...

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5384
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object
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normalized
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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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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.822

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