Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene and an Inscription
The scene includes a bearded, nude hero wrestling a horned bovid, and a bull-man wrestling a lion. Additionally, there is a cuneiform inscription in two registers. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rol...
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5055
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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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8
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.707 |
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