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LATE URUK/JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3100-2900 B.C.
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TWO MESOPOTAMIAN AMULETS
late uruk/jemdet nasr period, circa 3100-2900 b.c.
Both in the form of a reclining bull, one of pale green calcite, with small drilled eyes, its horns curving forward on its head, the underside with two quadrupeds; the other larger in form, of a whitish calcite, with dark inlaid eyes, the underside with five monkeys; both drilled vertically
2¼ in. (5.7 cm) wide for the larger (2)
late uruk/jemdet nasr period, circa 3100-2900 b.c.
Both in the form of a reclining bull, one of pale green calcite, with small drilled eyes, its horns curving forward on its head, the underside with two quadrupeds; the other larger in form, of a whitish calcite, with dark inlaid eyes, the underside with five monkeys; both drilled vertically
2¼ in. (5.7 cm) wide for the larger (2)
Provenance
Madame Marion Schuster, Lausanne (for one)
Madame Antoinette Schuster (for one)
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10 July 1990, lot 294 (for one)
Madame Antoinette Schuster (for one)
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10 July 1990, lot 294 (for one)
Literature
Arts de l'ancien Iran, no. 278.
Exhibited
Arts de l'ancien Iran, Museé Borély, Marseilles, 1975 (for one).
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