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amulet
Object Type
amulet
Museum number
125770
Description
Black serpentine amulet in the form of two ajoined ram's or bull's heads both facing outwards; hole pierced through vertically; decorated with stamped circles; abraded.
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Professor Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Brak (Syria)
Materials
serpentine
Technique
pierced
stamped
Dimensions
Length:
15 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Mallowan M E L 1947a / Excavations at Brak and Chagar Bazar
(pl.XV,14)
Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years
(no.333 (part))
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair; abraded.
Subjects
cattle
Acquisition name
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities, Syria
Acquisition date
1937
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
125770
Registration number
1937,1211.51