cylinder seal
- Museum number
- 124400
- Description
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Pink dolomitic limestone cylinder seal; three bearded men stand in a row with heads turned towards the left and hands clasped; they have shoulder-length hair and wear long robes tied with a belt at the waist and, in two cases, decorated with horizontal lines. Line borders top and bottom.
- Production date
- 14thC BC-13thC BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 1.39 centimetres
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Height: 2.75 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The seal is irregularly shaped, the perforation is oval at the top and at the bottom was barely begun but was discontinued, probably as a result of the large chip, indicating that in this case the seal was carved before it was drilled.
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 124400
- Registration number
- 1933,1013.76
- Additional IDs
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Excavation/small finds number: U.18851 (excavation number)