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🔍 Size is relative!
Seals may generally be small objects, but “small” can mean very different things! Some seals are barely larger than a fingernail, while others look like giants next to them. 🤏 ↔️ ✋
The two seals shown here both date to the Akkadian period and both depict the Sun God ☀️. They are housed in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.
Left: 1967.80 | H: 4.25 cm; Dm: 2.67 cm
Right: 1952.33 | H: 1.55 cm; Dm: 0.9 cm