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Amulet
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Late-Assyrian(?)
900–600 B.C. (?)
Object Place: Syria
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Other: 3 x 2.2(W at base) cm (1 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Marriner Memorial Syrian Expedition
Accession Number49.108
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionBlack and white stone (mottled) amulet. Cat (?) Horizontally pierced.
ProvenanceFindspot Information: Soundings at Tell Fakhariyah. From Floor 3 (Iron Age Palace) of Sounding IX. (p. 49, F427; pl. 49:7) / [Exped. date:] 1940.