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Amulet Seal in the Form of a Bull

c. 3250 BCE

Medium: limestone with black stone inlaid eyes
Classification: Amulets
Dimensions: Overall: 2.7 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm (1 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Culture: Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Iraq, Early Bronze Age I (c. 3300–3000 BCE)
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art, Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Credit line: Bequest of Fay Ratner and the Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Rights: Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

About this work

The underside of this figure is incised with two running animals to make a seal; when pressed into a soft material, it leaves an impression.