Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian) Diam: 3/8 in. (1 cm) Citation

This seal includes a winged deity in a "Master of Animals" pose, holding a human headed winged bull with one hand and a horned quadruped with the other. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into cl...

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24407
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object
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normalized
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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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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.747

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संस्कृति
Neo-Assyrian
माध्यम
pink stone
विधा
cylinder seals

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