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