Amulet depicting a horned face with hollow eyes, probably the demon Enkidu Polished shell. Sumerian art, Archaic dynasty, early 3rd millennium B.C. Height: 1.5 cm Provenance: From a copy of the collectors' notes, acquired from Koutoulakis in March 1955. With the annotation "Most of our objects are said to have come from Mari and to have been traded in Baghdad between 1953 and 1955". Collection Nicole et Jean-Michel Thierry - lots 1 to 141.