Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This scene illustrates two figures wrestling lions, one inverted and one upright. 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 ownership, and they could act as...
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20920
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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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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.708_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.708_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.708_Fnt_BW_H70.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.708 |
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