Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 2334-2193 BCE (Akkadian) Diam: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm) Citation Source image

The scene on this seal features a central motif of a tree. On one side, a bearded hero is holding an inverted bovid; on the other, a bull man is holding an inverted lion. There are cuneiform inscriptions running through the scene in two places. Cylinder seals are cylindrical o...

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4594
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object
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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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9
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संस्कृति
Akkadian
माध्यम
green stone

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