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Cylinder seal: ANE.28.1946

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Cylinder seal, inscribed with two divine figures

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.027 m
Width: 0.013 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

Old Babylonian
-2000 - -1601

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.28.1946
Primary reference Number: 88929
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.28.1946
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 7 August 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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