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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. 916.

• museum number: -

• excavation number: Is. 34:121

• provenience: Ishchali

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.1 x .8

• material: hematite

• date: Old Babylonian (ca. 1800 - 1700 BC)

• description:
Girdled long-haired figure holding jar from which water flows; turbaned male figure with mace; interceding goddess; sun-and-crescent symbol in field; inscription: "(God) Shamash! (God) Aya!"

• status: feared to be stolen

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