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Zoomorphic Votive Seal With An Intaglio - D.0033
Origin: Lake Van, Anatolia
Circa: 4000
BC
to 3000
BC
Dimensions:
.5" (1.3cm) high
x 2.5" (6.4cm) depth
Collection: Near Eastern
Medium: Dickite
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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Originally an offering at the shrine of a powerful
deity, this votive seal was discovered with a
cache of related artifacts along the shores of
Lake Van in Turkey. The cult most likely
centered around a nature god, one concerned
with fertility and rebirth. This abstract animal,
perhaps a turtle, maybe a quail, was most likely
worn as an amulet by a worshipper. The intaglio
on the base depicts a waterfowl and may have
stood in proxy for more a costly sacrifice.
Pressed into soft wax or clay, it would have
created multiple images to please the deity.
Abstract and elegant yet closely observant of
nature, this remarkable seal evokes a vanished
world at the dawn of Western culture.
- (D.0033)
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