Cylinder Seal with Figures at an Altar, an Ostrich, and a Scorpion

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian/Isin Larsa) H: 5/16 in. (0.9 cm) Citation

This seal depicts two figures flanking an altar. An auxiliary scene includes an ostrich and a scorpion. The style of the scene is characteristic of the Isin-Larsa period. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions...

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3819
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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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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.606

Terms

संस्कृति
Babylonian
माध्यम
green-black stone
विधा
cylinder seals

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