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This seal depitcs a quadruped with an elongated body faceing left. Above the animal are two joined arcs over which may be an inverted horned animal's head. A branching form beneath the quadruped may represent vegetation.
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Title: Stamp seal and modern impression: quadruped
Period: Ubaid-Middle Gawra
Date: ca. 4500–3500 BCE
Geography: Northern Syria or eastern Anatolia
Medium: Chlorite, black
Dimensions:
Seal face: 3.16 x 2.96 cm
Height: .68 cm
String Hole: 0.4 cm
Credit Line: Bequest of Lester Wolfe, 1983
Object Number: 1984.175.15
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