Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene and an Inscription

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian) H: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) Citation Source image

This seal's scene illustrates a bearded hero in a "Master of Animals" pose. He holds the foreleg of two sphinxes who stand on either side of him. An inscription is also incorporated into the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to...

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23910
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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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