Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)

0.9 cm 2 cm

Citation

This stylized scene depicts a winged human deity fighting a beast that stands on its hind legs. Palm trees, a rhomb, and a fish also decorate the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into c...

Artifact

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31954
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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/42.829