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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. 392.

• museum number: IM42557

• excavation number: Kh. IX 112

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3.4 x 1.7

• material: shell

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

• description:
Upper register: blank inscription panel; kneeling nude male figure with dagger attacking goat, which is also attacked by one of two crossed lions; other lion attacking indistinct animal; lower register: two goats, one attacked from rear by lion; crescent and drill hole above attacked goat, drill hole behind other goat.

• status: feared to be stolen

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