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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. 332.

• museum number: -

• excavation number: Kh. III 265

• provenience: Khafaje

• dimension(s) (in cm):
3.7 x 2.4

• material: white translucent stone

• date: Early Dynastic IIIa (ca. 2500 - 2400 BC)

• description:
Goat attacked by panther, restrained by long-haired bullman, and by lion crossing another goat attacked by another panther; scorpion beneath blank inscription panel.

• status: feared to be stolen

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