Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 2700-2334 BCE (Early Dynastic II-III) H: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm) Citation

The details of this contest scene are difficult to discern, but fighting figures and animals standing on their hind legs are included. The seal is possibly unfinished. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when...

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12749
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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.570

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