Object Number | 84-38-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Khafaje |
Creator | Janet Monge |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Plaster | Limestone (uncertain) | Alabaster (uncertain) |
Iconography | Equid | Vehicle | Banquet | Musician | Lyre |
Description | Plaster cast of limestone/alabaster original. Sterotypical composition in 3 registers: Bottom: Wheeled vehicle drawn by equids; Middle: Food bearers with jar; Man herding horned animal; Upper: Banquet with musician / lyre player, 3 attendants and seated man. Socket-like hole in center of middle register. Original incomplete (lower pr corner missing), restored from 3 fragments. Made by Museum Casting Program (Janet Monge) from original OI cast. |
Credit Line | Commissioned from the Museum Casting Program from original cast lent by Oriental Institute, 1984 |
Other Number | C482 - Other Number | L-912-1 - Associated Object Number |
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