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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
TWO MESOPOTAMIAN LIMESTONE THERIOMORPHIC STAMP SEALS
LATE URUK-JAMDAT NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
Details
TWO MESOPOTAMIAN LIMESTONE THERIOMORPHIC STAMP SEALS
LATE URUK-JAMDAT NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
The larger in the form of a fox reclining to the left, the underside with two animals; the smaller in the form of a ram reclining to the right, the underside with five animals arranged tête-bêche
Larger: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide
LATE URUK-JAMDAT NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
The larger in the form of a fox reclining to the left, the underside with two animals; the smaller in the form of a ram reclining to the right, the underside with five animals arranged tête-bêche
Larger: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) wide
Provenance
with Elie Borowski, Basel, 1968.
Literature
Larger: F.M. Fales, Prima dell'alfabeto, Venice, 1989, p. 35.
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