Plaque
Cast
| Object Number: | 84-38-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Khafaje |
| Maker: | Janet Monge |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Limestone (uncertain) Alabaster (uncertain) Plaster |
| Iconography: | Equid Vehicle Banquet Musician Lyre |
| Credit Line: | Commissioned from the Museum Casting Program from original cast lent by Oriental Institute, 1984 |
| Other Number: | C482 - Other Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Man and Animals: Living, Working and Changing Together (04 Oct 1984 - 30 Mar 1985) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Legrain, Leon. 1944. "Khafaje and Tell Asmar". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 3-4. pg. 44-47 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 47, fig. 34 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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