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Cylinder seal and modern impression: man grasping an antelope, bull's head over ingot

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Black-grey steatite, Late Cypriot, Cypriot
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Cesnola Collection Purchased by subscription 1874–76
Title: Cylinder seal and modern impression: man grasping an antelope, bull's head over ingot
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Black-grey steatite, Late Cypriot, Cypriot.

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