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•	stone -- cylinder seal -- combat -- male versus animal

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. 380.

• museum number: IM27211

• excavation number: Kh. VI 23

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
1.8 x 1.2

• material: yellow translucent stone

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

• description:
Long-haired figure holding two goats, one attacked by panther restrained by long-haired bull-man; third long-haired figure holds third goat; human figure between two goats above scorpion.

• status: feared to be stolen

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