Cylinder Seal with Two Registers of Overlapping Figures

ca. 2750-2500 BCE (Early Dynastic II-IIIa)

0.8 cm 2.3 cm

Citation

The imagery on this very small cylinder seal is divided into two registers, both of which have a series of indistinct figures, perhaps a mixture of animals and heroes. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when...

Artifact

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815
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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.607

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