SealsMesopotamian4th-3rd millennium BCE
Seal Engraved with Animals
3100-2900 BCE
Description
Sitting or squatting human figure with arms outstretched; to the side of the figure there are four running quadrupeds; dots and lines are in the terminal field.
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.532] to Harvard University Art Museums.
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