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Cylinder seal

unknownc. 2350-2150 BC

Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada

Cylinder seal of Shu-ili-su, the brewer, with contest scene, fighting a lion

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Title: Cylinder seal
Creator: unknown
Date: c. 2350-2150 BC
Location: Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Provenance: Anonymous Gift in Honour of Thomas Kierans
Type: Seal
Rights: Royal Ontario Museum
Medium: Serpentine
Time period: Akkadian period
Length: 3.4
Accession Number: 994.233.17

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