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•	stone -- cylinder seal -- boat scenes -- god in boat

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. 499.

• museum number: IM18957

• excavation number: As. 33:191

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3.2 x 2.2

• material: limestone

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

• description:
God in boat whose human-shaped horned prow uses punting pole. Scorpion-man (head lost) in front of god; in field, Anzu (lion-headed eagle) holding goat in one claw and lion crossing bull in the other; plow, lion, and inverted goat below.

• status: feared to be stolen

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