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{{Artefact
|Item Code={{PAGENAME}}
|Artefact type=Cylinder Seal
|Basic Material=Stone
|Specific Material=Unknown Stone
|Material origin=Unknown
|Artefact description=Supposedly a Halaf cylinder seal, the chances of it being so are unlikely.
|Artefact context=Loose in soil
|Site=Chagar Bazar
|BasicColour=Black
|SpecificColour=Black
|Condition=Good
|Period=Historic
|SubPeriod=Unknown (Khabur)
|Phase=KhaburVeryLate
|PhaseComment=Coming from -16.5m in the Prehistoric pit this object is borderline between the Halaf and the early Third Millennium. Given the style and form (people and a cylinder seal) it is much more likely that it is an erratic than an actual Halaf cylinder seal for which there would be absolutely no parallels. 
|Length=17 mm
|Width=9 mm
|Measurement comment=Complete
|SiteLotGroup=Unassigned
|ArtefactLocation=The British Museum
|ArtefactExcavator=Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
|ArtefactExcavatorNumber=S.775
|ArtefactDepotNumber=1935,1207.426
|ArtefactFace=None
|ArtefactSide=None
|ArtefactReverse=None
|ArtefactImpression=None
|ArtefactOther=None
|ArtefactDrawing=None
|ArtefactAdditionalMedia=None
|ArtefactReferences=Mallowan (1936); pp.11. 29. pl.I.5, Wiseman (1962); p.33 pl.29a
}}
ArtefactAdditionalMedia	Image:None +
ArtefactBasicColour	Black +
ArtefactCondition	Good +
ArtefactContext	Loose in soil +
ArtefactDepotNumber	1935,1207.426 +
ArtefactDescription	Supposedly a Halaf cylinder seal, the chances of it being so are unlikely. +
ArtefactDrawing	+
ArtefactExcavator	Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan +
ArtefactExcavatorNumber	S.775 +
ArtefactFace	+
ArtefactImpression	+
ArtefactLength	17 mm (0.669 inches) +
ArtefactLocation	Category:The British Museum +
ArtefactMeasurementComment	Complete +
ArtefactOther	+
ArtefactPhase	KhaburVeryLate +
ArtefactReferences	Wiseman (1962) (p.33 pl.29a) + and Mallowan (1936) (pp.11. 29. pl.I.5) +
ArtefactReverse	+
ArtefactSide	+
ArtefactSpecificColour	Black +
ArtefactType	Category:Cylinder Seal +
ArtefactWidth	0.009 m (0.9 cm, 9 mm, 9.0e-6 km, 5.592339e-6 miles, 0.0295 foot, 0.354 inches) +
ItemCode	CB-001 +
MaterialBasic	Category:Stone +
MaterialSpecific	Category:Unknown Stone +
Period	Historic +
PhaseComment	Coming from -16.5m in the Prehistoric pit … Coming from -16.5m in the Prehistoric pit this object is borderline between the Halaf and the early Third Millennium. Given the style and form (people and a cylinder seal) it is much more likely that it is an erratic than an actual Halaf cylinder seal for which there would be absolutely no parallels. ch there would be absolutely no parallels. +
Site	Category:Chagar Bazar +
SiteLotGroup	Unassigned +
SubPeriod	Unknown (Khabur) +
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