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modern impression

bibliography and image source: Frankfort, Henri: Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Oriental Institute Publications 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, no. 371.

• museum number: IM48437

• excavation number: Kh. VIII 168

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.9 x 1.3

• material: marble

• date: Early Dynastic III (ca. 2500 - 2350 BC)

• description:
Scorpion and spread eagle holding two antelopes; file of goats below.

• status: feared to be stolen

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