Sculpture
Object Number: | 31-40-1 |
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Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
Culture: | Hurrian |
Provenience: | Iraq Nuzi |
Archaeology Area: | G-50, Stratum II, Temple Furnishings |
Locus: | G-50, STRATUM II TEMPLE FURNISHINGS |
Period: | Hurrian |
Date Made: | ca. 1500 BCE |
Early Date: | -1501 |
Late Date: | -1499 |
Section: | Near Eastern |
Materials: | Ceramic Glaze |
Technique: | Glazed |
Iconography: | Lion |
Height: | 27 cm |
Length: | 47 cm |
Width: | 18 cm |
Credit Line: | Distribution from the Harvard-Baghdad Expedition, 1931 |
Other Number: | EP-2013-3-1 - Cast Number |
Description
Reconstructed glazed crouching lion. Now, buff ware with greenish glaze. Original glaze would have appeared blue.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Kirkuk Finds (Nuzi) (11 Nov 1930) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Article] Legrain, Leon. 1944. "The Babylonian Collection of the University Museum". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 3-4. pg. 1-75 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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