Statuette

B14965

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14965
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area Found under the Kuri-Galzu floor of E-nun-mah.
Period Pre Ur Iii
Section Near Eastern
Materials Calcite
Iconography Bull
Description

CBS Register: limestone kneeling bull in the round. square cut in back. horns and eyes were inlaid.

UE IV: Bull's head in white calcite, being the'front decoration of a rectangular trough-shaped bowl; the stone in bad condition and the head restored from fragments. The eyes were inlaid and the ears and horns of a different material.

Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1923
Other Number U.237 - Field No SF

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