Amulet with a Lamashtu demon
Unknown Artist
ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Medium
Obsidian
Dimensions
2 1/4 × 1 13/16 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 4.7 × 0.9 cm)
Classification
Stone-Ornaments-Inscribed
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, James N. Spear Gift, 1984
Accession Number
1984.348
Tags
ArrowsBoarsDogsDemons
About this artwork
This stone-ornaments-inscribed exemplifies the artistic traditions of Mesopotamia or Iran. Created ca. early 1st millennium BCE, it demonstrates the obsidian technique characteristic of its era.