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stamp-seal
Object Type
stamp-seal
Museum number
126273
Description
Lentoid pale mottled blue-grey stone stamp-seal with slightly convex front and gabled back; hole pierced through longitudinally; finely carved design on back of a triple-headed long horned cow in the act of giving birth to a calf (seen head foremost under the tail), and suckling a second calf at the same time; large section chipped away from one side; deposit on back.
Cultures/periods
Akkadian
Production date
2300BC-2100BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Professor Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Palace of Naram-Sin
, Old Court From debris on the Agade floor of Court 3 in Naram Sin's Palace,
Materials
stone
Technique
pierced
carved
Dimensions
Height:
7.43 millimetres
Length:
34.91 millimetres
Weight:
9.50 grammes
Width:
29.41 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Mallowan M E L 1947a / Excavations at Brak and Chagar Bazar
(pl.XVI,8/9)
Amiet 1961a / La glyptique mesopotamienne archaique
(170)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; large section chipped away from one side; deposit on back.
Subjects
cattle
Acquisition name
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities, Syria
Acquisition date
1938
Acquisition notes
Season 1937-1938.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
126273
Registration number
1938,0727.113
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
F.606
(excavation number)