Seal in the form of a recumbent sheep
Seal in the form of a recumbent sheep
Seal in the form of a recumbent sheep
Seal in the form of a recumbent sheep

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Seal in the form of a recumbent sheep,

ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Mesopotamian
Late Uruk to Early Jemdet Nasr
2004-463

Information

Title
Seal in the form of a recumbent sheep
Dates

ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Medium
White marble
Dimensions
2.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (3/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Paul Didisheim, Class of 1950, and Ricarda J. Didisheim, in memory of Helena Simkhovitch Didisheim and Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
Object Number
2004-463
Culture
Mesopotamian
Period
Uruk, Jamdat Nasr
Type
seals
Materials
white marble
Subject
sheep

Successively in the collections of Vladmir G. Simkhovitch, Helena Simkhovitch Didisheim, and Paul Didisheim, Class of 1950; given to the Museum in 2004

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