Cylinder Seal with Standing Men and a Winged Genius Kneeling on Lions

18th-17th century BCE (Old Syrian)

1.3 cm 2.3 cm 1.3 cm

Citation

Syrian seals have a diverse range of imagery drawn from Syria, Egypt, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia. This seal includes lion-headed winged geniuses kneeling on the backs of fighting lions. The geniuses flank a stylized tree. In an auxiliary scene, two male figures, one with a stag...

Artifact

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7512
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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/42.409

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