Rectangular plaque seal, engraved on two faces

c. 3600–2900 BC · Sumer

Rectangular plaque seal, engraved on two faces, from Sumer, dated c. 3600–2900 BC. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 3600–2900 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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