Cylinder Seal with a Horizontal Figure, Goats, and Griffins

16th-14th century BCE (Mitannian) Citation

This scene features a recumbent man, a twisted knot design, a rosette, and a number of animals including griffins, sphinxes, and horned quadrupeds. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. S...

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24866
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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.734

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Mitannian
माध्यम
hematite
विधा
cylinder seals

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