Cylinder Seal with Winged Animals with Human Heads and a Bird

first half 1st millennium BCE (Neo-Babylonian or Neo-Assyrian)

1.2 cm 2.6 cm

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This seal depicts two winged deities flanking a stylized tree and signed sun disc. One deity holds a pinecone and the other holds a kid. An inscription is incorporated in the scene. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carve...

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10775
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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1
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संस्कृति
Neo-Babylonian or Neo-Assyrian
माध्यम
chalcedony
विधा
cylinder seals

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