Cylinder Seal with Shamash Cutting Through Mountains

late 3rd millennium BCE (Akkadian)

1.5 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

On this cylinder seal, the Akkadian sun-god Shamash is shown cutting through mountains with a serrated blade. He is followed by a procession of four divine attendants. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions whe...

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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36716
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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/42.638

Terms

संस्कृति
Akkadian
माध्यम
green stone ?
विधा
cylinder seals

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