Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This scene includes a winged deity standing in a "Master of Animals" pose. He holds two winged sphinxes by their beards, one in each hand. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were...
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22359
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normalized
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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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0
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.681 |
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