Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa)

1.2 cm 2.3 cm

Citation

This contest scene includes a hero holding an inverted bull by the leg, a winged bull fighting a quadruped, and a lion attacking a horned antelope. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. S...

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29231
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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/42.809

Terms

संस्कृति
Babylonian
माध्यम
hematite
विधा
cylinder seals

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