Cylinder Seal with a Sacrifice Scene
This seal depicts an unusual scene with quadruped lying upon a table, its head lying back and its legs up in the air. The figures appear to be sacrificing the animal. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved in reverse (...
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5550
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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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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.601 |
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