Cylinder Seal with Standing and Inverted Figures
This seal features two standing figures, one upright and the other inverted. The carving is probably unfinished. 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 ow...
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40225
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object
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normalized
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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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CC0
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| language |
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.656_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.656_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_42.656_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.656 |
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