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Martin, Harriet: (unpublished; courtesy British School of Archaeology in Iraq).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: AbS2738
• provenience: Abu Salabikh
• dimension(s) (in cm):
• material: shell
• date: -
• description:
Complete, but surface very worn and flaking along the natural layering of the shell. The design is hardly visible, but it includes the diagonal body of a quadruped with its hindquarters and upper part of hind legs. Its head is thrown sharply back or it
is crossed with the neck of another animal. Possibly there is a lion's head visible to the left of the quadruped.
• status: feared to be stolen
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