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Near East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Bulla (seal). Inscribed pieces of clay by used by the Sumerians in 8th millennia BC. Used for agricultural transaction as a form of identification and for tamper-proofing. Bullae with seal impressions. Lagash. Presargonic Period. Iraq. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
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