Sculpture

31-40-1

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Nuzi

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-40-1
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Culture Hurrian
Provenience Iraq | Nuzi
Archaeology Area G-50, Stratum II, Temple Furnishings
Locus G-50, STRATUM II TEMPLE FURNISHINGS
Period Hurrian
Date Made ca. 1500 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic | Glaze
Technique Glazed
Iconography Lion
Description

Reconstructed glazed crouching lion. Now, buff ware with greenish glaze. Original glaze would have appeared blue.

Height 27 cm
Length 47 cm
Width 18 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Harvard-Baghdad Expedition, 1931
Other Number EP-2013-3-1 - Cast Number

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