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An off-white intaglio limestone object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that show the form of a four-legged animal along the bottom and a seated stick figure along the top. There are more carved lines that wrap around the edges.

Cylinder Seal: Banquet and Animals

Mesopotamian

Upper register: a pair of seated figures raising cups; the other pair drinking through tubes. Lower register: calf, goat and another quadruped walking toward bush.

Limestone

Early Dynastic III period

Seals