MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Mesopotamian_-_Cylinder_Seal_with_Archer_and_Winged_Lion_-_Walters_421195_-_Side_D.jpg (973x1798) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Mesopotamian - Cylinder Seal with Archer and Winged Lion - Walters 421195 - Side D.jpg A worshiper faces a deity standing on a griffin and aiming his bow and arrow at an upright winged lion-demon The winged disk of Ashur the patron god of Assyria appears above The three-line inscription gives the name of the owner Assyrians enjoyed the translucent and vibrant colors of semiprecious stones such as chalcedony between 900 700 BC Neo-Assyrian carved chalcedony gold cm 6 6 2 1 h x diam accession number 42 1195 34654 Mrs Henry Walters New York Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1941 Walters Art Museum 1942 by purchase Museum purchase 1942 Inscription place of origin Mesopotamia Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Art of Mesopotamia in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
