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Description : The California Museum of Ancient Art is de-accessioning lot # 129 to raise funds for its Ancient Art Acquisition Fund in order to build its growing collections. Five ancient Near Eastern amulets – an interesting group of land-based, flying and mythological animals including: 1). A Sumerian crème marble bull, c. 2500 BC, with drilled eyes and nicely carved body. L: 23mm. (ID# 0802a). 2). A small Sumerian carnelian lion-headed eagle, the mythological Imdugud, c. 2500 BC, carved from a translucent stone, holed for suspension. L: 16mm. (ID #0592). 3). A Sumerian gray and black diorite amulet of a bird, c. 2500 BC, a classic shape! L: 17mm. (ID #0708). 4). A Sassanian light green dyed bone stylized bird, c. 300 AD, with circular drilled decoration, holed through body. L: 28mm. (ID# 1117). 5). A Bactrian off-white shell amulet of a rabbit, c. 2700 – 1800 BC, of nice form and holed through length of body (ID# 1124). L: 11mm. A nice mixed group! Ex-East Coast private collection, acquired between Aug. 1980 and Aug. 1983, Ex-California Museum of Ancient Art, donated 1989. The California Museum of Ancient Art was founded in 1983 to gather the first collection focusing exclusively on the Ancient Near East in Southern California. Representing the geographic regions of Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Levant from approximately 3500 BC to 500 AD, the museum's goal is to tell the stories of the peoples of the Ancient Near East and their cultures and to promote a better appreciation for the roots of Western Civilization. The museum aims to do this in a way that is both historically accurate and user friendly and, most importantly, meaningful to the general public. From the influential peoples of Sumer, Elam, Babylon, Assyria, Hittite Anatolia, Canaan, Philistia, Israel, Judah, and Egypt of the Pharaohs to the beginnings of Rabbinic Judaism and early Christianity, the aim is to bring these ancient peoples to life—actively engaging visitors by allowing the museum's ancient artworks and written texts to tell their amazing stories.
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