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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. 670.

• museum number: IM18956

• excavation number: As. 33:113

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3.5 x 2.5

• material: hematite

• date: Akkadian (ca. 2300 - 2200 BC)

• description:
Bull-man attacking lion; nude girdled hero subduing water buffalo; battle-ax, eight-pointed star, and antelope in field; blank inscriptions panel.

• status: feared to be stolen

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