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Collections

Stamp Seal Shaped as a Sleeping Duckcirca late 7th - 6th century B.C.

Not on view
Small carved cream-white stone sculpture with an oval, flattened form and shallow circular and rectangular depressions on its surface

Unknown, Stamp Seal Shaped as a Sleeping Duck, circa late 7th - 6th century B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Shubin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Stamp Seal Shaped as a Sleeping Duck
Culture
Neo-Babylonian
Date Made
circa late 7th - 6th century B.C.
Medium
Chalcedony or agate
Dimensions
1 x 9/16 x 11/16 in. (2.50 x 1.30 x 1.70 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael Shubin
Accession Number
AC1997.258.2
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.