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Cylinder seal

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Cylinder seal

Period:: Old Babylonian
Date:: ca. 19th–16th century B.C.
Geography:: Mesopotamia
Culture:: Babylonian
Medium:: Jasper breccia (red and gray mottled)
Dimensions:: 1.2 in. (3.05 cm)
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.160.310

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