Lot no. 33
ZOOMORPH PENDANT
Shell
Dim. 5 x 7 cm
Mesopotamia, Sumer, 3100-2900 BC
Provenance
Former Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s
Depicting a reclining bovid.
Published in
G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla via delle Oasi, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2007, p. 283, fig. 1
G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e Mito, Il Punto Ed., Padova, 2008, Fig. 2, p. 141
A Sumerian shell zoomorphic pendant. In the shape of a bovine. The stylized body engraved with concentric ligns. ca. 3100-2900 BCE.
Published in
G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla via delle Oasi, Il Punto Ed, Padova, 2007, p. 283, fig. 1
G. Ligabue, G. Rossi Osmida, Animali e Mito, Il Punto Ed., Padova, 2008, Fig. 2, p. 141
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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