Cylinder Seal with Standing Figures and an Inscription

20th-17th century BCE (Old Babylonian?) H: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm) Citation

This seal depicts two figures facing one another and flanking an altar. Three registers of cuneiform are incorporated into the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were gene...

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22679
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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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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.617

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