Cylinder Seal with Rows of Fish

late 4th-early 3rd millennium BCE (Late Uruk-Jamdet Nasr) H: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Citation

This seal features two rows of fish with a band between the rows. The fish in each row move in opposite directions. 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...

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1332
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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/42.647

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