Thread: #Caturday you say. The two kitties are identified correctly as lions. But I don't think this is an ordinary bull...This looks like a buffalo to me...Do you see the ribbed horns? And that makes all the difference...And makes this seal truly amazing... https://twitter.com/orientalinst/status/1358090824547000325
Remember this thread in which I have discovered that water buffaloes were already present in south western Iran (Jiroft) 2000 years earlier than people thought? https://twitter.com/serbiaireland/status/1354476569520201728
The date was early 3rd millennium BC. Hey oriental dudes @orientalinst what's the date on this Akkadian seal? And where was it found? Did you know buffaloes were present in Iraq that early?
You want proof of Indus Valley civilisation - Mesopotamia links, there you go. These buffaloes didn't wander into Iraq all the way from Indus Valley by themselves...Someone had to bring them there...Via Iran of course...
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