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Title: Cylinder seal with cultic scene
Period: Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian
Date: late 9th–7th century BCE
Geography: Northern Mesopotamia
Culture: Assyro-Babylonian
Medium: Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions: 1.24 in. (3.15 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1991
Accession Number: 1991.368.2
“Ancient Near Eastern Seals: A Selection of Stamp and Cylinder Seals from the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 26, 1976 to September, 1977.
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