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Basalt inscribed cylinder seal

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An image of Seal. Black inscribed cylinder seal. Basalt, height 0.030 m, width 0.016 m, circa 2230-2000 B.C. Notes: inscription faded, fake. Post-Akkadian/Ur III. Cf. Collon WAS II figs. 247, 249.

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Seal. Black inscribed cylinder seal. Basalt, height 0.030 m, width 0.016 m, circa 2230-2000 B.C. Notes: inscription faded, fake. Post-Akkadian/Ur III. Cf. Collon WAS II figs. 247, 249.

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  • Accession Number: ANE.10.2005
  • 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: 728 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 100.36kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2009:03:25 14:29:50

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animals antiquity basalt BC black cylinder seal cylindrical Fitz_ANT inscribed seal

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