Seal amulet in the form of a recumbent bovid

Unknown Artist

ca. 3500–2900 BCE

Seal amulet in the form of a recumbent bovid by Unknown Artist

Medium

Onyx marble, green-gray

Dimensions

Seal Face: 2.03 x 3.2 cm. Bovid: 2.2 x 3.3 cm Height: 1.6 cm String Hole: 0.2-0.3 cm

Classification

Stone-Stamp Seals

Period

Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 1886

Accession Number

86.11.254

Tags

Animals

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