SealsSyrian4th millennium BCE
Stamp Seal: Two Horned Animals, possibly Antelopes
c. 4000 BCE-c. 3000 BCE
Dimensions
actual: 2.9 x 4.1 x 0.8 cm (1 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
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