Cleveland Museum of Art
Amulet Seal in the Form of a Bull
- Date
- c. 3250 BCE
- Medium
- limestone with black stone inlaid eyes
- Culture
- Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Iraq, Early Bronze Age I (c. 3300–3000 BCE)
- Department
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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