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Cylinder Seal: "Temple and Herd"
Unidentified Artist3100 BCE - 2900 BCE
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Three pairs of horned (male) and hornless (female) quadrupeds alongside a building façade; the so-called “temple and herd” motif is typical for this period.
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- Title: Cylinder Seal: "Temple and Herd"
- Creator: Unidentified Artist
- Creator Lifespan: 1/1
- Date: 3100 BCE - 2900 BCE
- Technique: Intaglio
- Physical Dimensions: w0.0 x h3.8 x d0.0 cm
- Period: Jemdet Nasr period
- Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Elie Borowski
- Creation Place: Mesopotamia/Asia/Ancient & Byzantine World
- Type: Seals
- External Link: Harvard Art Museums
- Medium: Alabaster
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