Cylinder Seal with Human-Headed Griffin Attacking a Horse
This seal, depicting a human-headed griffin attacking a horse, has the detailed modeling of musculature characteristic of Middle Assyrian period art. The use of an empty background highlights the drama of the contest and marks a turning point in Assyrian art later expressed on...
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6945
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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9
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.444_SideE_DD_T06.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.444_SideE_DD_T06.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_42.444_SideE_DD_T06.jpg |
| imageCount | 9 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.444 |
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