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bibliography and image source: Frankfort, Henri: Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Oriental Institute Publications 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, no. 940.

• museum number: -

• excavation number: Is. 34:84

• provenience: Ishchali

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.4 x 1.4

• material: hematite

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

• description:
Ishtar of War holding scimitar and mace with two panther heads and bearing two quivers steps on lion, holding rein in one hand; bearded girdled figure from whose hands two streams flow stands before her; bull-man holding sun standard; sun-and-crescent in field.

• status: feared to be stolen

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