Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene and a Winged Hero

15th-13th century BCE (Mitannian) Diam: 3/8 in. (0.9 cm) Citation

This scene includes a male figure, possibly a king, presenting a sistrum to a seated deity. A winged deity stands nearby in a "Master of Animals" pose. There is a recumbent goat and a bird. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave r...

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27876
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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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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.746

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