Ivory-like" bead: Jemdet Nasr. Patterns formed by parallel and criss-cross lines and drillings, possibly two stylized birds. Linear borders with V pattern along upper edge. Condition: broken off at one end. cf. Frankfort, H. 1955. Stratified cylinder seals from the Diyala region, #209, 350, 406 References for Jemdet Nasr: Porada, E. Corpus of Near Eastern Seals, Pl. VI. No 35, 36 and 40. P. R. S. Moorey and O. R. Gurney, 1978. Ancient Near-Eastern cylinder seals acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1963-1973. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum. Iraq, no.13 Vollenweider, Marie-Louise, 1967.Catalogue raisonné des sceaux cylindres et intailles, Vol. 1. Genève: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève. 6, 11, 26.
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Mesopotamia
Verbatim coll. place:
Mesopotamia
Culture or time period:
Jemdet Nasr (ca. 3100–2900 BC)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Cylinder seals
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 19 millimeters and diameter 7 millimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #20: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (UC Berkeley)/Margaret Perkins (November 6, 1972–November 7, 1972) and S1981-1982 #20: Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley (October 16, 1981–October 16, 1981)