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Title: Pyramidal seal
Period: Jemdet Nasr (?)
Date: ca. 3100–2900 BCE (?)
Geography: Mesopotamia or Syria
Medium: Chlorite or steatite, black
Dimensions:
Seal face: 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Height: 0.8 cm
String Hole: 0.3 cm
Credit Line: Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.96.13
“Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 10, 1987–January 10, 1988.
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