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English: Cylinder seal and impression on clay: 'Animals overpowered by gods'; chalcedony, Early Dynastic II (ca. 2600 BCE), found in the temple of Ishtar at Mari. Inscription IL me-shar.
Français : Sceau-cylindre et empreinte : des animaux maîtrisés par les dieux. Calcédoine, Dynasties Archaïques II (v. 2600 av. J.-C.), découvert dans le temple d'Ishtar à Mari. Inscription « IL me-shar ».
Date circa 2600 BC
date QS:P571,-2600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium chalcedony
medium QS:P186,Q170448
institution QS:P195,Q19675
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Mésopotamie, room 1b: Mésopotamie archaïque. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).
Credit line 1935-1936: excavated by André Perrot.
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 9613
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