amulet

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Object Type
Museum number: 1851,0101.18
Description: Stone Lamashtu amulet with incised imitation inscription of 4 lines; on the other side a hawk-headed deity; polished serpentine.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 800BC-550BC
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Warka
Materials
Technique: incised; polished
Dimensions: Height: 6.29 centimetres; Thickness: 0.81 centimetres; Width: 4.69 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Loftus W K 1857a / Travels and researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, Shush, "Shushan the palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 (p.236); Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years (p.215) (cat.350)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2013 - 2014 3 Nov - 21 Apr, Herne, LWL Museum fur Archaologie, 'Uruk: 5000 Years of the Megacity' 2013 25 Apr - 8 Sep, Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, 'Uruk: 5000 Years of the Megacity' (displayed in Herne only)
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1851
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1851,0101.18

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