seal design
- bibliography and image source:
Gibson, McGuire: (unpublished).
Chicago: Umm al-Hafriyat Expedition,
- copyright for image:
Oriental Institute
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• museum number: IM83103
• excavation number: UmH181
• provenience: Umm al-Hafriyat
• dimension(s) (in cm):
width: 2.1; height: 1.9; thickness: 1.2
• material: black stone (basalt)
• date: Akkadian (ca. 2250 BC)
• description:
Black stone stamp seal. Scene: on left, seated figure with arm upraised in greeting facing a standing figure on right. The standing figure may be pouring a liquid at the feet of the seated figure. There is a crescent in the field. There is a tubular
hole above the seal face.
• status: feared to be stolen
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