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Source Description
Disproportionate to the point of being disfigured, a standing figure in long robe (cinched at waist) feeds two animals which look like reindeer-giraffe hybrids beneath a sun with rays emanating from it. The scene also includes three registers of cuneiform.
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Document identity
localId
19536
label
Cylinder Seal with a Figure, Animals, and an Inscription
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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8
Source metadata
id
19536
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cylinder Seal with a Figure, Animals, and an Inscription
description
Disproportionate to the point of being disfigured, a standing figure in long robe (cinched at waist) feeds two animals which look like reindeer-giraffe hybrids beneath a sun with rays emanating from it. The scene also includes three registers of cuneiform.
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.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
cylinder seals
imageCount
8
pageCount
8
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Anatolian?
inscriptions
[Transliteration
Cuneiform] 1. {d}ki-tir 2. ze2-er sza3 za 3. MI sza3-du [https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P272864]
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black stone
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16254
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ANE
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none
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