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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Ram Head Amulet
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Ram Head Amulet

Possible OriginAsia
PeriodEarly Bronze Age
Date3rd Millennium BCE
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions1 1/4 x 7/8 x 11/16 in., 10 g (3.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm, 3/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.327
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en-Provence, France, March 30, 1974. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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2nd Millennium BCE
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late 2nd Millennium BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
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3rd Millennium BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
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early 1st Millennium BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
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2500-1600 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Tripod-Footed Mortar
3300-1600 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
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2500-1600 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
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2500-1000 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Fenestrated Axe Blade
2200-1800 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Altar with Four Figures of Ram Headed God
mid 1st Millennium BCE
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3rd Millennium BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2006.
Nude Female Figurine
late 3rd Millennium BCE