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Hearst Museum object titled Cylinder seal, accession number 9-2260, described as Cylinder seal; black stone. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Chert. Starting at left: Lion scimitar; figure with pail in left hand, holding sprinkler (?) in right hand stands behind diety with mace. The latter faces a figure with lion scimitar. Below scimitar is a mongoose, crescent in field above. Old Babylonian period] Typed remarks: original label: "Found in Southern Babylonia. A black stone seal cylinder engraved with a figure of a god, two priests and several animals. It dates from early Babylonian times, 2400 BC or earlier