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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. 698.

• museum number: IM15643

• excavation number: As. 32:1167

• provenience: Tell Asmar

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.5 x 1.2

• material: limestone

• date: Akkadian (ca. 2300 - 2200 BC)

• description:
Bull-man struggling with lion; naked girdled man struggling with water buffalo.

• status: feared to be stolen

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