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Title: Cylinder seal
Period: Akkadian
Date: ca. 2350–2250 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia
Culture: Akkadian
Medium: Serpentine, black
Dimensions: 1.36 in. (3.45 cm)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.95.348
“Archaeology: Exploring the Past,” The Junior Museum of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 22, 1962–June 30, 1966.
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department,” MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Japan, The Aiche Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1983.
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