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Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene
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Brown and white Agate (Quartz), Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, Babylonian or Achaemenid
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian 1999
Title: Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene
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Brown and white Agate (Quartz), Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, Babylonian or Achaemenid.
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