The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Hemispheroid seal

Hemispheroid seal

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Hemispheroid seal

Period:: Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr
Date:: ca. 3600–2900 B.C.
Geography:: Northern Syria, Mesopotamia or southwestern Iran
Medium:: Chlorite or steatite, black
Dimensions:: Diameter: 2.11-2.13 cm Height: 1.17 cm String Hole: .3 x .4 cm
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Purchase, 1893
Accession Number:: 93.17.110

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