2-679-187 - © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford/Heritage Images

Seal, Late Uruk period, 4000 to 3100 BC. Handled cylinder seal (Milking Seal) with a scene of pastoral wealth in the marshes of souther Iraq; upper scene: herd of cattle; middle scene: four calves passant; lower scene: four reed huts with ring pole standards, between each hut a calf is represent. Dimension: height: 5.3 cm seal sectiondiameter: 4.6 cm seal sectionlength: 2.5 cm the ramheight: 3.5 cm the ram