seal + modern impression
- bibliography and image source:
Martin, Harriet: (unpublished; courtesy British School of Archaeology in Iraq).
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- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: IM80933
• excavation number: AbS1446
• provenience: Abu Salabikh
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 3.1; diam.: 0.9
• material: flecked dark green stone
• date: -
• description:
The seal shows a frieze of passant 'goats' (pair of short vertical horns) with geometric filling motifs above them. Similar to Frankfort's 'Brocade Style' (e.g., H. Frankfort, Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region,1955, Pl. 23 nos. 235-7).
• status: feared to be stolen
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