Cylinder Seal with a Combat Scene
Although the Achaemenid used stamp seals for private documents, cylinder seals continued to be used for official royal business. This seal depicts the king fighting a lion-griffin in two scenes. First, he engages in close combat with the lion-griffin. Second, the king, standin...
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38841
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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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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.775_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.775_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_42.775_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.775 |
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