Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian) H: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm) Citation

This seal features a fantastical scorpion man fighting a rearing winged creature. 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 ownership, and they could act as...

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28591
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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/42.622

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संस्कृति
Neo-Assyrian
माध्यम
black and white stone
विधा
cylinder seals

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