amulet
- Museum number
- 128866
- Description
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Lapis lazuli amulet in form of a recumbent double-faced sphinx; hole perforated through longitudinally; abraded.
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.75 inches
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Length: 1 inches
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; abraded; deposit.
- Acquisition date
- 1936
- Acquisition notes
- The acquisition of this collection was highlighted in the 'Annual Report of the General Progress of the Museums for the year 1936' (BM BM (Natural History) 1937, pp. 10-11) as "A large collection of pottery, terracotta figurines, bronzes, seals and amulets, mainly from Persia, varying in date from before 3000 B.C., and for the most part from known sites; specially selected to illustrate periods not hitherto represented, or inadequately represented, in the collection".
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 128866
- Registration number
- 1936,0613.265
