Sealed

Yelena Rakic

April 24, 2013

2 min. watch

“It does seem to indicate the balancing of forces of nature.”

Curator Yelena Rakic on Akkadian cylinder seals.

Contributors

Yelena Rakic
Associate Curator, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Photography by Paul Lachenauer

Modern impression of the seal courtesy of Shawn Osborne

Art Mentioned

Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man wrestling with lion; nude bearded hero wrestling with a water buffalo, Serpentine, black, Akkadian — Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-man wrestling with lion; nude bearded hero wrestling with a water buffalo
Akkadian
ca. 2250–2150 BCE

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