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Seal amulet in the form of a bird of prey

Unknown Artist

ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Seal amulet in the form of a bird of prey by Unknown Artist

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

Seal Face: 2.84 x 3.84 cm Height: 1.12 cm String Hole: 0.3-0.4 cm

Classification

Stone-Stamp Seals

Period

Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Walter Hauser, 1958

Accession Number

58.30.3

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

Birds

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