- 95
A Syrian Limestone Pendant, Mari(?), circa 2400-2300 B.C.
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- A Syrian Limestone Pendant, Mari(?)
- Height 1in. 2.5 cm.
in the form of the head of a goddess with long aquiline nose and engraved eyebrows, the eyes inlaid with shell(?) and lapis lazuli, drilled double indentations behind each cheek, a hole drilled vertically for suspension.
Provenance
Collection of Gawain McKinley, London, Paris, and New York
Catalogue Note
Cf. Au pays de Baal et d’Astarté, no. 95.