Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This dynamic contest scene includes fighting heroes and rearing human-headed bulls, lions, and horned quadrupeds. The authenticity of this seal is uncertain based on the style of the cut figures. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to l...
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13058
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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0
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.714 |
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