Stamp seal (loaf-shaped hemispheroid) with animal and symbol

Assyrian

9th–8th century BCE

Not on view

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Title: Stamp seal (loaf-shaped hemispheroid) with animal and symbol
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: 9th–8th century BCE
Geography: Iran, Hasanlu
Culture: Assyrian
Medium: Mottled gray Limestone
Dimensions: 1 1/8 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (2.8 × 1.65 × 1.2 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1963
Object Number: 63.109.20
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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