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0167 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2 / Page 167 (Color Image)

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[Figure] 490 Bos namadicus, after Lydekker. Indian Geological Survey.

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doi: 10.20676/00000178
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The buffalo, the other wild bull hunted by the ancient inhabitants of Persia,
Babylonia, and Assyria, is *Bubalus palæindicus* Falconer, or the recent form
descending from that Pleistocene species, *Bubalus arnee* Kerr. It is already
represented on the cylinder seals of the kings of Shipurla and of Ur. The best
representation can be found on the cylinder seal of Sargon, King of Accad, who
reigned B. C. 3800 to 3750. This seal in the collection of M. de Clercq, of Paris,
bears the following inscription, "Sar-ga-ni-sar-luh sar Agaddeki Ib-ni-sar tup-sar
aradsu" ("from Sargon, King of Accad, Ibnishar the scribe, his servant)."*