The object in question is marked as a Syrian, Bronze Age, stone label seal c. 3rd- 2nd millennium. Most of the seals I have viewed have much more representational forms on them than this object has. I have not been able to find any books which have pictures of items with this name, which leads me to believe that it has been marked wrong. The object resembles a small, oval shaped bead with indentations in the centers of the longer sides, making it look like the number 8. Both sides have the same, simple decoration of carved lines;if the object...
space between those two lines makes the tool have a shifting metaphorical value. It is like a space to be filled whichever deity can best help with the business at hand. The lines could also imply that the user himself is winged, powerful like a god. The user of the tool can place himself between the lines. The minimal decoration on this object is so unlike much of the art I have viewed from the Syrian culture during this time period. Though the object is metonymical as a tool, its design and shape are highly metaphorical in their simplicity.