Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This seal features a bearded hero standing between a winged bull and a winged griffin. He grasps each standing animal by one of its forelegs in an "Master of Animals" pose. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions...
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25329
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and 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/42.441 |
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