Statue
Furniture Fragment
B16569
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B16569 |
Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
Archaeology Area | KPS A-6; under the Kassite houses SE of the Gipar-ku |
Period | Ur I |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Gypsum |
Iconography | Ram |
Description | UE IV: one of two protomoi of rams in grey gypsum; the heads and fore parts of the bodies are carved in the round, the back part is left rough; probably the supports of a throne. found in a cache with U.6410 (Baghdad 1178), 6795, etc, under the Kassite houses SE of the Gi-par-ku CBS Register: Figure of a ram carved in gypsum. Back left rough. A support for a throne. 1st dyn? |
Height | 36 cm |
Length | 65.5 cm |
Width | 13 cm |
Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
Other Number | U.6756b - Field No SF | P270152 - CDLI Number |
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