stamp-seal
- Museum number
- 1992,1007.1
- Description
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Fragmentary lapis lazuli stamp-seal; handle on the back; engraved; originally two figures faced each other, one holding a cup, with a goat and zebu (damaged, in Indus valley style), to one side; the pattern at the top may represent rain clouds and rain or a fenced enclosure.
- Production date
- 2400BC-2000BC
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.10 - 4 centimetres
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Diameter: 0.40 centimetres (of perforation)
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Height: 2.30 centimetres
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Weight: 34 grammes
- Location
- On display (G52/dc1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 3 Mar - 3 Jul, London, BM/G35, Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World
2003 5 May-17 Aug, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Art of the First Cities'
G52/IRAN/2/28, from official opening 17/11/95-5/12/2005.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Acquisition notes
- Unregistered seal transferred from OA.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1992,1007.1
