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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A MESOPOTAMIAN CALCITE STAMP SEAL
JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
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A MESOPOTAMIAN CALCITE STAMP SEAL
JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
In the form of a recumbent bull, with horns curving up, the eyes drilled, the snout incised, its legs folded beneath, the hooves articulated, with a long tail curling over its hind quarters; the underside engraved with two back-to-back quadrupeds facing different directions; perforated for suspension
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long
JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
In the form of a recumbent bull, with horns curving up, the eyes drilled, the snout incised, its legs folded beneath, the hooves articulated, with a long tail curling over its hind quarters; the underside engraved with two back-to-back quadrupeds facing different directions; perforated for suspension
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis, Geneva, circa 1970.
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