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•	stone -- cylinder seal -- animals -- lion

•	stone -- cylinder seal -- combat -- animal combat

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. 502.

• museum number: IM15622

• excavation number: As. 32:626

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3 x 1.7

• material: white stone

• date: Early Dynastic IIIa (ca. 2500 - 2400 BC)

• description:
Lion attacking goat crosses human-headed bull beset by panther or lioness; scorpion beneath blank inscription panel.

• status: feared to be stolen

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