Cylinder Seal with a Lion Hunt

8th-7th century BCE (Neo-Elamite)

1.4 cm 3.4 cm

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In the 8th and 7th centuries BCE, Elam, to the east of Mesopotamia in Iran, experienced a brief period of prosperity during which it allied itself with Babylonia against Assyria. The seals produced in Elam during this period reflect themes derived from Mesopotamia, such as the...

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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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संस्कृति
Elamite
माध्यम
carved chalcedony

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