Stamp Seal

B14537

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14537
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Jemdet Nasr
Section Near Eastern
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Dogs | Lion
Description

PBS XIV: three crouched or standing lions - or dogs (?) Rough work partly cut with the burr. The reverse has a profile lion's head in relief. Flat seal with convex back. Pink marble, 50 x 43 mm. MS. Coll.

CBS Register: flat seal. back has a relief head of a lion, Pink marble. Archaic, before 3000 BC. Elamite style, animals.

Length 5.1 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Thickness 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 1C - Other Number | P269503 - CDLI Number

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