Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

27th century BCE (Early Dynastic II)

1.5 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

This cylinder seal bears multiple scenes with the "Master of Animals" motif. One section is a nude hero between two rampant animals, while another shows a bull-headed creature between two animals. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to...

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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24778
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object
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normalized
provenance
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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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.580

Terms

संस्कृति
Sumerian
माध्यम
shell
विधा
cylinder seals

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