Cylinder Seal with a Presentation Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian) Diam: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm) Citation

This stylized seal design illustrates a seated deity greeting a standing figure. In a second scene, a figure and a human figure with a scorpion tail flank an altar with a sun disc. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised imp...

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8638
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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/42.700

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