Stamp seal and modern impression: horned animal and bird, Ubaid, 6th–5th millennium B.C., Syria or Anatolia, Steatite or chlorite, 0.2 x 0.8 x 0.84 in. (0.51 x 2.03 x 2.13 cm), Stone-Stamp Seals, The impressing of carved stones into clay to seal containers had a long tradition in Mesopotamia, with the earliest evidence found in Syria dating to the seventh millennium B.C. During the Ubaid period, the variety of designs carved on seals expanded from simple geometric forms to include animals with humans, snakes, and birds
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Stamp seal, modern impression, horned animal, bird, Ubaid, 6th–5th millennium B.C, Syria, Anatolia, Steatite, chlorite, 0.2 x 0.8 0.84, 0.51 2.03 2.13 cm, Stone-Stamp Seals, impressing, carved stones, clay, seal containers, long tradition, Mesopotamia, earliest evidence, Syria dating, seventh millennium, B.C, Ubaid period, variety, designs carved, seals expanded, simple geometric, forms, include animals, humans, snakes, birds
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