Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This seal depicts a contest scene with a naked hero grasping a standing gazelle in each hand in the "Master of Animals" pose. Standing rampant lions attack the gazelles on either side. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised...
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id
23206
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contentType
object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
language
en
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0
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.436 |
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