Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

10th-7th century BCE (Neo-Babylonian or Neo-Assyrian) Diam: 3/8 in. (1 cm) Citation Source image

This piece depicts a winged figure in a "Master of Animal" pose with frolicking animals. 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...

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25130
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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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