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Martin, Harriet: (unpublished; courtesy British School of Archaeology in Iraq).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: -
• excavation number: AbS2710
• provenience: Abu Salabikh
• dimension(s) (in cm):
• material: Hard opaque white stone (marble?)
• date: (ca. 2700 BC)
• description:
Complete but very worn stone cylinder with faint traces of design. It has a roughly square cross section. There is a pattern of parallel lines, possibly originally representing animals or possibly a geometric design. May be a bead, not a cylinder seal.
• status: feared to be stolen
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