Cylinder Seal with Figures and an Inscription
mid 21st-17th century BCE (Ur III or Old Babylonian/Isin-Larsa)
Diam: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
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The (very damaged) scene on this cylinder seal depicts two or possibly three standing figures and a cuneiform inscription in two registers. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals wer...
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38140
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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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8
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.662 |