Drilled cushion-rectangular plaque seal
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Title: Drilled cushion-rectangular plaque seal
Period: Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr
Date: ca. 3500–2900 BCE
Geography: Iran or Mesopotamia
Medium: Lapis lacedemonius, black with white inclusions
Dimensions:
Seal Face: 3.5 x 3.19 cm
Height: 1.55 cm
String Hole: 0.5-0.6 cm
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942
Accession Number: 42.11.4
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