MESOPOTAMIA. ZOOMORPHIC CALCITE SEAL

MESOPOTAMIA. ZOOMORPHIC CALCITE SEAL

Stamp seal in shape of a recumbent lion with its mouth slightly open, its tail curled around its hind. Reverse carved with figures of four dogs.

Ex priv. coll. J. Kist, Netherlands 1990s. Vertically pierced.
Dim. 3,8 x 5,6 x 1,7 cm. Mounted. Black plastic imprint available.

Djemdet Nasr Period, c. 3200 BC.

Publ. Joost Kist, Ancient Near Eastern Seals from the Kist Collection, Brill Leiden 2003, no. 011; cf. Sumer, Assur, Babylon, Berlin 1979, nos. 39-42