CYLINDER SEAL
Soapstone. H. 24 mm; Diam. 13 mm
Mesopotamia, Assyrian culture, 3r…

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CYLINDER SEAL Soapstone. H. 24 mm; Diam. 13 mm Mesopotamia, Assyrian culture, 3rd millennium B.C. An Assyrian steatite cylinder-seal. 3rd Millennium B.C.E. Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich

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CYLINDER SEAL

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