Sealing

36-6-305

From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 36-6-305
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Archaeology Area Level XII
Locus Level XII | Tepe Gawra, 4 M [10 P] [white room?]
Period Gawra XII
Date Made 4400-4200 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

On a flat slab of clay. Large circular seal showing the intertwined bodies of what may be two or more snakes; the head of one descends from the top of the seal to about the centre, to the left of which is a fleeing human figure. Garden of Eden scene (?).

Credit Line American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936
Other Number G5-1239 - Field No SF | Rothman: 459 - Other Number

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