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bibliography and image source: Frankfort, Henri: Stratified Cylinder Seals from the Diyala Region. Oriental Institute Publications 72. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, no. 256.

• museum number: -

• excavation number: Kh. IV 475

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
2.6 x 3

• material: shell

• date: Early Dynastic I (ca. 2800 - 2600 BC)

• description:
Man holding goat by its throat, second goat behind first, rosette, third goat, geometric fill.

• status: feared to be stolen

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