File:Cylinder seal BM 89326.jpg
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Cylinder seal, banquet scene.
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English: Greenstone cylinder seal with modern impression, banquet scene with female and male figures seated in front of each other, separated by a date palm, and serpents behind them. In the past it was known as the "Adam and Eve seal" because it was thought to depict the biblical characters. Dated ca 2200-2100 BC, Akkadian or Ur III period. British Museum 89326 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1846-0523-347 |
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