Seal amulet in the form of a seated female and modern impression, ca. 3300–2900


Seal amulet in the form of a seated female and modern impression, Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr, ca. 3300–2900 , Southern Mesopotamia, Rhodochrosite, 5/8 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( x x 3 cm), Stone-Stamp Seals, This tiny but finely carved seal amulet is in the shape of a squatting female wearing a diadem. The single row of small cavities on the diadem, as well as those on her breasts and in her eye, were probably filled with inlay


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