Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This seal depicts two heroes, one fighting a rearing lion and the other fighting a rearing griffin. 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...
Artifact
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id
33674
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
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, 1942, by purchase.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.990_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.990_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.990_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.990 |