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•	stone -- cylinder seal -- banquet -- beer drinking

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. 416.

• museum number: IM15433

• excavation number: Kh. III 298

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.4 x 1.1

• material: limestone(?)

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

• description:
Design divided horizontally by wavy band; above: seated kilted figure drinking through tube from pot, scorpion and crescent in field; below: eagle with spread wings.

• status: feared to be stolen

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