Sealing
36-6-305
From: Iraq | Tepe Gawra
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 36-6-305 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area | Level XII |
| Locus | Level XII | Tepe Gawra, 4 M [10 P] [white room?] |
| Period | Gawra XII |
| Date Made | 4400-4200 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Description | On a flat slab of clay. Large circular seal showing the intertwined bodies of what may be two or more snakes; the head of one descends from the top of the seal to about the centre, to the left of which is a fleeing human figure. Garden of Eden scene (?). |
| Credit Line | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1936 |
| Other Number | G5-1239 - Field No SF | Rothman: 459 - Other Number |
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