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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. 551.

• museum number: IM18971

• excavation number: As. 33:193

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3.1 x 1.5

• material: shell

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

• description:
Upper register: god in boat followed by figure; quadruped, drill holes, and indistinct objects; lower register: building of ziggurat; enthroned horned deity appraising brick; two figures adding to three-story structure, two others bringing material.

• status: feared to be stolen

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