Cylinder Seal with a Combat Scene

ca. 911-612 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)

1.7 cm 3.3 cm

Citation

This seal features a hero in the "Master of Animals" pose. He holds an ostrich by the neck in one hand. In the other hand he holds a winged, human-headed monster by the beard. The seal is also decorated with a crescent and a rhomb. Cylinder seals are cylindrical objects carved...

Artifact

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9832
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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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en
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.432

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