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Scroll seal with row of animals. Early Dynastic...

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Scroll seal with row of animals. Early Dynastic I-II, ca. 2900 - 2600 BC. H 3.0 cm, ø 1.1 cm. Black stone. A billy goat striding to the left, its horns connected by triangular lines; a water bird looking to the right on a curved line above the animal's back. With a copy of the bill! With unrolling! Published in: E. Rehm, Rollsiegel aus einer hessischen Privatsammlung, Ugarit-Forschungen 35, 2003, no. 9. intact. Provenance: Ex collection J.K.-E., Hesse, acquired at Christie's London, Antiquities and Souvenirs, 26.10.1984, lot 32A.