Illustration
Horned Animals with Stars Overhead; Cylinder seal impression; Basalt, serpentine; Khafajah, Sin Temple II (Iraq), Late Uruk-Jamdat Nasr period (3350-2900 BCE). Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
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Barrett-Wilt, K. (2013, June 19). Cylinder Seal, Horned Animals. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1302/cylinder-seal-horned-animals/
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Barrett-Wilt, Karen. "Cylinder Seal, Horned Animals." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified June 19, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1302/cylinder-seal-horned-animals/.
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