Cylinder Seal with a Cultic Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian) Diam: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm) Citation Source image

This stylized scene depicts a worshipper, hands raised, before a crescent emblem on the back of a quadruped. A winged sun disc and rosette also decorate the scene, which is partially damaged. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave...

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39019
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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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