Cylinder Seal with a Contest Scene
This seal features rearing and fighting lions, goats, and quadrupeds. A round vessel is also included in the scene. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (intaglio) in order to leave raised impressions when rolled into clay. Seals were generally used to mark...
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32198
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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CC0
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en
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0
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.695 |
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