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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 small budding horns between long curving ears, the drilled eyes inlaid with contrasting stone, the nostrils and mouth incised, the legs folded beneath the stout fore and hind quarters, the hooves articulated, with a long tail; the underside engraved with three quadrupeds in a column, all facing right; perforated for suspension
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long
JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3300-2900 B.C.
In the form of a recumbent bull, with small budding horns between long curving ears, the drilled eyes inlaid with contrasting stone, the nostrils and mouth incised, the legs folded beneath the stout fore and hind quarters, the hooves articulated, with a long tail; the underside engraved with three quadrupeds in a column, all facing right; perforated for suspension
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long
Provenance
with N. Koutoulakis, Geneva, circa 1970.
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