拍品專文
These amulets were most likely worn to protect the wearer against evil spirits. For similar examples see no. 12a-i in Ortiz, In Pursuit of the Absolute, Art of the Ancient World.
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CIRCA MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
細節
TWO MESOPOTAMIAN STONE AMULETS
CIRCA MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
One of gray stone, in the form of the head of a female deity, the hairline incised above the brow, with two grooves on the side of the head, the pupils and lids of the large eyes recessed, with a protruding nose and a small mouth, perforated vertically for suspension; and one of white stone, in the form of the head of a bull-man, the horns above long curving ears, with three grooves perhaps representing hair, the hollow eyes inlaid (one preserved) beneath a grooved brow, with a beaked nose and fleshy lips, two recesses below each ear once inlaid, perforated vertically for suspension
Bull-man: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
One of gray stone, in the form of the head of a female deity, the hairline incised above the brow, with two grooves on the side of the head, the pupils and lids of the large eyes recessed, with a protruding nose and a small mouth, perforated vertically for suspension; and one of white stone, in the form of the head of a bull-man, the horns above long curving ears, with three grooves perhaps representing hair, the hollow eyes inlaid (one preserved) beneath a grooved brow, with a beaked nose and fleshy lips, two recesses below each ear once inlaid, perforated vertically for suspension
Bull-man: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high (2)
來源
Acquired by the present owner in 1978.