Basalt inscribed cylinder seal

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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