Statue
| Object Number: | 29-20-2 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Sumerian |
| Provenience: | Iraq Fara |
| Period: | Pre-Sargonic |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Copper Stone Mollusk Shell |
| Iconography: | Goat Head |
| Height: | 17 cm |
| Width: | 17 cm |
| Depth: | 8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of H. V. Hilprecht and S. C. Hilprecht, 1925/1929 |
Description
Copper, with stone and shell inlay
Published by H.V.Hilprecht in EXCAVATIONS IN ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA, p.540 (1904). At that time the head was in the Museum (p.xix). It was later incorporated in the Sallie Crozer Hilprecht Collection. A piece of the horn,catalogued as CBS 19867, is still in the Museum.
#154
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Near East Study Room (1955 - 1982) | 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 |
| Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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