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Cylinder seal with a solitary female figure opposite an inscription, which gives the name of a scribe and that of Nabu, the patron deity of scribes.
Length: 0.028 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Old Babylonian
Kassite
-1600
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-1401
brown, white Banded agate
Accession number: ANE.30.1946
Primary reference Number: 88931
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.30.1946
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Cylinder seal" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/88931 Accessed: 2024-12-23 08:32:54
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