Statue

29-20-3

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Fara

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-20-3
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Culture Sumerian
Provenience Iraq | Fara
Period Pre-Sargonic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Copper | Mollusk Shell | Stone
Iconography Goat Head
Description

Copper, with stone and shell inlay

Copper, similar to 29-20-2, but larger, kept by H.V. Hilprecht. See description in EXCAVATIONS IN ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA, p. 539: "A better preserved, larger head of the same animal (two thirds life size)." --not illustrated.

Museum Bulletin Vol. I, No. 1, Plate VIII

#153

Height 22.3 cm
Width 23 cm
Depth 10 cm
Credit Line Bequest of H. V. Hilprecht and S. C. Hilprecht, 1925/1929

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