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Title: Cylinder seal
Period: Akkadian
Date: ca. 2350–2150 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia
Culture: Akkadian
Medium: Serpentine, black
Dimensions: 1.5 in. (3.81 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number: 62.234.2
“Origin and Influence, Cultural Contacts: Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and the Classical World.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 18, 1970–April 23, 1971.
"Curious Creatures and Bizarre Beasts," Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, January 28–April 1, 1979.
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