Cylinder Seal with a Cultic Scene and an Inscription

ca. 539-331 BCE (Achaemenid)

1.1 cm 2.8 cm

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This seal depicts two figures, arms outstretched, standing on either side of an altar with a winged deity. An inscription is incorporated into the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into c...

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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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