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'his season another eamle (2144:٦, Fig.18) shoed a male figure ho aears to
be riding a quadrued ith
a long, ruffed nec. The seal, hoeer, is rather orn. A

second, (2:2, Fig 19) ith a

cone rofile, shos a seated fig­

ure cdrining through a stra,

hile a standing figure holds a fly

his () oer him. A third eam­

le of this linear style (219:1) is

close to eamles from Fasilaa,

and shos a geometric, heel-lie

design. t is not ossible on

resent eidence to determine

hether the obsered differences

are to be attributed to chronologi­

cal factors, to different orshos,

or to fashion.

Fig. 19.: Seal ith aman drining, As stated aboe, the designs on
2:2 (Scale 2:1) the seal imressions, here these
ere legible, are alays in the
crouched figures on either side of a tetile Dilmun style. One fine eamle
(196:1, Fig 2) shos to
eamles of multile or net, ossibly eaing. There are seeral

imressions from a single Fig.2: 'Seal inression shoing men
eaing, 96:١ (Scale 2:1)
seal. Fie fragments

(1622:4,6 [to iecesl,

‫ﻱ‬8( came from inside a jar

in House 2 and each bore a

crab moif. Trhee frag‫ﻫ‬ents

rfom the temle (19:62)

each sho art of the sirts

of three standing figures. Fie

ieces, ith a design of

horned animals ith a turtle

or tortoise (12:18-22, Fig.

21), ere found in House

2111, lying around a large jar,

rfom hich they aeared to

hae fallen. n addiiton to the

string and jar imressions

already mentioned, the bacs

of the seals also bore in

imressions of fingerrints,

and in one case of tetile. t is

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