Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

1000-1 BC (Neo-Assyrian)

1.6 cm 4.3 cm 1.7 cm

Citation

This scene features a winged deity in the "Master of Animals" pose standing in profile between winged bulls with human heads. The monsters stand on their hind legs, and the hero grasps one by the beard and the other by the leg. A winged disc also decorates the scene. Cylinder...

Artifact

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37407
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.440

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