Cylinder Seal with a Winged Figure and a Horned Quadruped

mid 14th-12th century BCE (Middle Assyrian) H: 5/16 in. (0.7 cm) Citation

This scene features a winged deity with rearing horned quadrupeds, a crescent and star, and a stylized tree. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark owners...

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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26225
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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/42.604

Terms

संस्कृति
Assyrian
माध्यम
brown translucent stone
विधा
cylinder seals

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