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•	stone -- cylinder seal -- heroic figure -- hero -- nude

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. 426.

• museum number: IM48445

• excavation number: Kh. VIII 226

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.3 x 1

• material: hematite

• date: Old Babylonian (ca. 1800 - 1700 BC)

• description:
One standing and one kneeling worshipper facing sun-god with one foot on mountain and holding staff with seven globes; nude hero from whose hands fall streams rendered by dots; staff with nine globes, rosette, libra, and indefinable object in field.

• status: feared to be stolen

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