Jemdet Nasr Aragonite Lion's Head Amulet

 

 

 

 

Late 4th Millennium BC

 

Height: 3.4 cm.     (1 3/8 in.)

Width: 3.7 cm.     (1 1/2 in.)

 

Ex: private Swiss collection, 2001

 

Published:  Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures VI (New York, 2008) p.2

 

cf:  Buchanan, Briggs ; Early Near Eastern seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection (New Haven, 1979) nos.130-132

 

 

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