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Title: Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
Period: Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian
Date: 7th–6th century BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia
Culture: Assyro-Babylonian
Medium: Flawed neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions:
Seal Face: 1.04 x 1.3 cm
Height: 2.95 cm
String Hole: 0.35 cm
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.4421
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