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Amulet or stamp seal

Near Eastern, Mesopotamian?
Halaf/Ubaid Transitional
6000–5000 B.C.
Object Place: Mesopotamia?

Medium/Technique Stone
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 21 x 13.7 x 14 h.
Credit Line William Francis Warden Fund and funds donated by Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, and Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number65.1622
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionFly or bee-shaped amulet / stamp seal with geometric incised patterns.
Provenance1965, sold by R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian, Little Falls, NJ, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 10, 1965)