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CYLINDER SEAL with loop handle and inlaid decorations; seal scene depicts temple facade, ram and bearded goat rising against plant or tree bearing flowers

material:
gray-green limestone (seal), red and white limestone (inlays), shell (loop)
provenience:
Khafaje, Sin Temple Level II
date:
Uruk - Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3,000 B.C.)

Kh. VII 274
Oriental Institute Museum A21448

Created: December 11, 2004
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