Uruk basalt cylinder seal with quadrupeds

An image of Cylinder Seal. Squat black cylinder seal with deeply cut, long-necked quadrupeds. Some string wear on the perforation showing that this seal was worn as a bead for a long period of time. Basalt, height 0.016 m, width 0.015 m, circa 3100-2900 B.C. Uruk Period (4100-2900 BCE). Ancient Mesopotamia.

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Cylinder Seal. Squat black cylinder seal with deeply cut, long-necked quadrupeds. Some string wear on the perforation showing that this seal was worn as a bead for a long period of time. Basalt, height 0.016 m, width 0.015 m, circa 3100-2900 B.C. Uruk Period (4100-2900 BCE). Ancient Mesopotamia.

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Accession Number: ANE.12.2005
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 683 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 99.05kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2009:03:25 14:31:40

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ancient animals antiquity basalt BC cylinder seal Fitz_ANT Mesopotamian quadrupeds seal Uruk Period

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