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Martin, Harriet: (unpublished; courtesy British School of Archaeology in Iraq).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: AbS2734
• provenience: Abu Salabikh
• dimension(s) (in cm):
• material: whitish limestone
• date: (ca. 2600 BC)
• description:
The design is in a single register. Two quadrupeds with very long horns extending the length of their backs form a procession moving from left to right. Each animal grazes off the vertical shoot of a stylized plant which has one vertical shoot and one
or two diagonals). Relatively well designed and cut.
• status: feared to be stolen
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