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Cylinder Seal, between 2600 and 2400 BCE

Sumerian, Mesopotamian

Probably limestone

Overall: 7/8 × 1 1/8 inches (2.2 × 2.9 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

90.1S11577

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

probably Dr. F. D. Shepard (Aintab, Turkey)

1885-1895, purchased by Frederick Stearns [1831-1907] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

October 1, 1897-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Sumerian, Mesopotamian, Cylinder Seal, between 2600 and 2400 BCE, probably limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S11577.

Cylinder Seal, between 2600 and 2400 BCE

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