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Object Number:33-35-433
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Ur
Archaeology Area: PG. Pit W. SIS 4-5
Period: Early Dynastic I
Early Dynastic II
Date Made: 2900-2700 BCE
Early Date: -2900
Late Date: -2700
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Terracotta
Credit Line:British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1933
Other Number:U.18414 - Field No SF
UE III: 256 - Other Number
758 - Other Number
P481115 - CDLI Number
UM 33-35-433 - Other Number

Description

UE III: a lion attacks an ibex (?) falling head foremost to the ground. A nude hunter has caught him by the tail and spears him from behind. Leaf (?), star flower. Thirty-two large and small fragments. Clay sealing. Baked and shellacked post-excavation. Fragment with impression of men fighting animals.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

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