Relief
B17066
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
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Object Number
B17066
Current Location
Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience
Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area
PG 789
Date Made
ca. 2450 BCE
Section
Near Eastern
Materials
Copper Alloy
Iconography
Lion | Nude | Rosette
Description
2 Lions/2 Fallen Nudes/Rosettes
CBS Register: copper shield (?) repousse work. two lions passant, over two fallen nude enemies. Rosette with 10 petals.
Length
45 cm
Width
31 cm
Depth
5 cm
Credit Line
British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1928
Other Number
U.10475 - Field No SF
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Legrain, Leon. "The Babylonian Collection of the University Museum." The University Museum Bulletin 10, no. 3-4. (1944): 1-75.
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Zettler, Richard L., and Lee C. Horne. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur . University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1998. See: Pages 67-68/Figure 13
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Aruz, Joan. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus . New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. Page/Fig./Plate: 104
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Legrain, Leon. "Ur of the Chaldees ." The University Museum Bulletin X, no. 3-4. (1944): 20-28. See: p. 26, fig 16
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