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Stamp Seal, Hemispheroidabout 6th-4th millennium B.C.

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Small dome-shaped gemstone seal, dark reddish-brown with chalky surface deposits, engraved with an intaglio motif including a crescent form, animal figure, and crossed diagonal lines

Unknown, Stamp Seal, Hemispheroid, about 6th-4th millennium B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Stamp Seal, Hemispheroid
Place Made
Northern Syria or southeast Anatolia
Date Made
about 6th-4th millennium B.C.
Medium
Dark brown serpentine
Dimensions
Height: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm); Diameter: 1 1/16 in. (2.58 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.473
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.