Stamp Seal
| Object Number: | 36-6-204 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area: | Level XIa |
| Locus: | Level XIa Tepe Gawra, 7 M [10 L] Pavement of room of Round House |
| Period: | Gawra XIa |
| Date Made: | 4200-4100 BCE |
| Early Date: | -4200 |
| Late Date: | -4100 |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Stone |
| Iconography: | Stag? Gazelle? |
| Length: | 2.3 cm |
| Width: | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936 |
| Other Number: | G5-1638 - Field No SF Rothman: 1030 - Other Number |
Description
Hard dark brown stone with lighter brown crystals. Flat base, convex top. Deeply engraved figure of a stag or gazelle with several lines around the animal.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 338/ Cat. 1030 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plt. 40/ Fig. 1030 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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