Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 4 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
In Mesopotamia, jewelry was both worn and offered in temples as gifts to the gods. Its purpose was often more functional than ornamental: pendants worn on the body served as talismans to ward off evil and to increase the wearer's power. Mesopotamian amulets depict a large range of animals native to the Near East, illustrated here by a nesting bird.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27541
label
Seated Bird Amulet
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
27541
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Seated Bird Amulet
description
In Mesopotamia, jewelry was both worn and offered in temples as gifts to the gods. Its purpose was often more functional than ornamental: pendants worn on the body served as talismans to ward off evil and to increase the wearer's power. Mesopotamian amulets depict a large range of animals native to the Near East, illustrated here by a nesting bird.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby and Co., London, November 26, 1968, lot 20; Walters Art Museum, 1968, by purchase.
date
ca. 3000 BCE (Prololiterate)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
pendants (jewelry)
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Mesopotamia
med
carved and polished stone
creator_ids
6353
collection_ids
ANE
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2227
2513
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
579816771e418e05
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
c5b1c5280bb857aa
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
c1fd46338ea4e456
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
4
type
photo
mediaId
0487d2992cc2a3a7
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no