Sumerian Black Stone Face Amulet

URUK/JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3500-2900 B.C. OR LATER

3/4 in. (4.6 grams, 19 mm).

Carved in the half-round with large eyes and ears; drilled depression above the head and beneath the chin.

Provenance

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.

Accompanied by a description from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1247