Cylinder Seal with a Cultic Scene
This scene includes stylized winged figures flanking a stylized tree or altar. 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 off...
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30147
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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language
en
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0
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.609 |
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