Cylinder Seal with Crossed Bulls and an Inscription

539-331 BCE (Achaemenid) Citation Source image

This seal depicts two crossed, rearing bulls. Registers of cuneiform text have been incorporated into the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark ow...

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11235
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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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