| period |
ED I-II (ca. 2900-2700 BC)
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| provenience_comments | BM web-site: Purchased. All of the known examples with this type of pattern were made of lapis lazuli and were probably made as beads in Afghanistan and exported to Mesopotamia; several seals of this type have been excavated in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. Production date about 2650BC. |