2003.252: Red Stone Sumerian Amulet Duck
Amulets
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.252
- Title
- Red Stone Sumerian Amulet Duck
- Classification
- Amulets
- Work Type
- amulet
- Date
- c. 3500 BCE- c. 3000 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
- Period
- Chalcolithic period
- Culture
- Sumerian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/72476
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- 4.8 x 5.4 x 0.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Carol Hebb and Alan Feldbaum
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.252
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Red stone amulet in the shape of a duck or similar bird-like figure. The amulet is marked just with an incised contour differentiating the body and the tail depressions on either side of the head for the eyes. The surface of the stone is smooth. Circular hole pierced through breast probably so that the amulet might be worn as a pendant. Amulet has been broken at the neck and repaired.
Verification Level
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