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

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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. 686.

• museum number: IM14696

• excavation number: As. 31:639

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
1.8 high

• material: lapis lazuli

• date: Early Dynastic or Akkadian (ca. 2400 - 2200 BC)

• description:
Bareheaded kilted figure struggling with lion; flat-capped kilted figure struggling with antelope.

• status: feared to be stolen

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