Loop-handled rectangular seal

6th–5th millennium BCE

Not on view

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Title: Loop-handled rectangular seal
Period: Halaf
Date: 6th–5th millennium BCE
Geography: Northern Syria or northern Mesopotamia
Medium: Chlorite or steatite, black
Dimensions: Seal Face: 1.47 x 1.38 cm
Height: 0.71 cm
String Hole: 0.2 cm
Credit Line: Purchase, 1893
Object Number: 93.17.109
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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