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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Mesopotamian; Assyrian
Title:Plaster impression of cylinder seal
Type:Written Communication Tool
Materials:Plaster
Measurements:overall: 1 1/2 x 6 x 7/16 in.; 3.81 x 15.24 x 1.1113 cm
Accession Number:  MH 35.A(a).F
Credit Line:Gift of John Randolph
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Block of brown plaster with two ovoid seal impressions and one long rectangular seal impression. From left to right: ovoid seal impression depicting one and a helf antelope-like figures, a half moon and a dot shape, with an irregular edge, labelled "16" backwards and forwards. Ovoid seal impression of a standing igure, two vertical objects, and a solar shape. The sun is at the very top of the arrangement, and the impression is labelled "37" backwards and forwards. Rectangular seal decorated with diagonal markings that form a row of "Xs" interspersed with dots, marked " 39" backwards and forwards, and "38" forwards. 37.A(a).F is impressed on the same block.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; reproductions

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