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A MESOPOTAMIAN TRIPLE-HEADED SHELL AMULET
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
With incised concentric circle eyes, incised lines for the hair and mouth, with a central piercing; a small ibex with ribbed horns; two other animal amulets; a head of a lion, 1¾ in. (4.3 cm.) high max., mainly 3rd millennium B.C.; a Syrian terracotta horse head, 2.1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) long; and an Italic bronze leaf-shaped fibula, with spiral loop at base of pin, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long, probably 8th-7th Century B.C. (7)
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
With incised concentric circle eyes, incised lines for the hair and mouth, with a central piercing; a small ibex with ribbed horns; two other animal amulets; a head of a lion, 1¾ in. (4.3 cm.) high max., mainly 3rd millennium B.C.; a Syrian terracotta horse head, 2.1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) long; and an Italic bronze leaf-shaped fibula, with spiral loop at base of pin, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long, probably 8th-7th Century B.C. (7)