Cylinder Seal with Figures Wrestling with Animals
This scene features a contest scene with bulls, lions, and heroes. They style of the figures and animals suggest this seal might not authentic. The material is also unusual for this period. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave r...
Artifact
| id |
id
13685
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
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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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
0
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (2)
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.672 |
Terms
Medium
translucent, colorless stone
Genre
cylinder seals