modern impression
- bibliography and image source:
Frankfort, Henri: Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region.
Oriental Institute Publications 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, no. 34.
- copyright for image:
University of Chicago
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• museum number: -
• excavation number: Kh. VII 256
• provenience: Khafaje
• dimension(s) (in cm):
4.1 x 3.5
• material: gray limestone
• date: Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3000 - 2800 BC)
• description:
tailless lion or bear standing erect behind tree; two goats feeding at other side of tree; another tree, with bird in branches, behind monster; three-towered building with door at left side; watercourse along bottom of scene.
• status: feared to be stolen
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