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Amulet
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Old Babylonian Period
1894–1595 B.C.
Object Place: Iraq (Babylon), Tel Amran
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 1.9 x 0.8 cm (1 3/16 x 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.697
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionTablet with elliptical profile, pierced longitudinally and covered on both sides with Old Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions.
ProvenanceBy 1897: Count Michael Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 242 (said to be from Tell Amran); 1898: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1898