Cylinder Seal with Human-Headed Griffin Attacking a Horse

ca. 1350-1100 BCE (Middle Assyrian)

1.5 cm 3.9 cm

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This seal, depicting a human-headed griffin attacking a horse, has the detailed modeling of musculature characteristic of Middle Assyrian period art. The use of an empty background highlights the drama of the contest and marks a turning point in Assyrian art later expressed on...

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6945
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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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9
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