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Amulet Seal in the Form of a Bull
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The underside of this figure is incised with two running animals to make a seal; when pressed into a soft material, it leaves an impression.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAmulet Seal in the Form of a Bull, c. 3250 BCE. Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Iraq, Early Bronze Age I (c. 3300–3000 BCE). Limestone with black stone inlaid eyes; overall: 2.7 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm (1 1/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Fay Ratner and the Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, 1981.7
