Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian) H: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm) Citation Source image

This seal's intricately carved scene depicts a winged genius in the "Master of Animals" pose. He is flanked by winged human-headed bulls, and the genius holds them by their beards. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised imp...

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21277
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object
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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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संस्कृति
Neo-Assyrian
माध्यम
chalcedony
विधा
cylinder seals

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