Jemdet Nasr Amulet of Recumbent Animal

CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

2 5/8 in. (46.6 grams, 67 mm).

Carved shell figure of a recumbent beast with row of drilled sockets above the lower edge.

Provenance

The Erlenmeyer Collection of Western Asiatic Seals and Antiquities, formed between 1943 and the early 1960s.
with Bonhams, London, 22 April 1999, lot 486.

Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonham's catalogue pages.

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