Stamp seal and modern impression: quadruped

Unknown

ca. 4500–3500 BCE · Chlorite, black · Ancient Near Eastern Art

This seal depitcs a quadruped with an elongated body faceing left. Above the animal are two joined arcs over which may be an inverted horned animal's head. A branching form beneath the quadruped may represent vegetation.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 4500–3500 BCE

Medium

Chlorite, black

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit line

Bequest of Lester Wolfe, 1983