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. 33.
- copyright for image: University of
Chicago
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excavation number: Kh. VII 260
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provenience: Khafaje
• dimension(s) (in
cm):
6 x 3.6
• material: gray
limestone
• date: Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3000 - 2800
BC)
• description:
Herd near building surmounted
by emblems consisting of poles flanked by two or three pairs of
rings, calves emergine from building near what seem to be troughs.
with shell rings set in top and base; silver axle and loop;
• status: feared to be stolen
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