The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Seal amulet in the form of a bird of prey

Seal amulet in the form of a bird of prey

Period:: Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr
Date:: ca. 3300–2900 B.C.
Geography:: Southern Mesopotamia
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Seal Face: 2.84 x 3.84 cm Height: 1.12 cm String Hole: 0.3-0.4 cm
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Gift of Walter Hauser, 1958
Accession Number:: 58.30.3

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 402

Provenance

From 1948, on loan by Walter Hauser to the Museum (L.48.49.7); acquired by the Museum in 1958, gift of Walter Hauser, Sharon, CT.
References

Wilkinson, Charles K. 1958. "Ancient Near Eastern Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (2), Eighty-Eighth Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year 1957-1958 (Oct., 1958), pp. 40-41.
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What
Stone (7,956)

Seals (2,927)

Amulets (2,473)

Marble (2,133)
Where
Asia (68,072)

Iraq (2,491)
When
8000-2000 B.C. (3,791)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,169)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Mesopotamia, 8000–2000 B.C.
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