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This clay tag is tempered with some chaff and sand; it was burnt red-brown in the secondary fire and in places is almost blue. It is fairly flat on the back with traces of finger impressions. Design: Early Dynastic motif of antithetical animals with their legs crossed in the middle and heads probably turned back (heads missing in this rolling); a smaller duck(?) stands to the right. At the bottom is a horizontally placed figure. In typical Mesopotamian motifs of this type the crossing of the animal's legs is much more gracefully patterned; however in this seal an overall patterned effect was achieved, if somewhat in a disorganized manner. Part of this effect comes from the horizontal placement of the human figure(?) at the bouom of the seal which is not found in southern models. The emphasis on the linear aspect of the modelling probably indicates an ED I1 date. [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |