Cosmetic Container
Container Lid
64-11-29
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Rimah
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 64-11-29 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Rimah |
| Period | Rimah II |
| Date Made | ca. 1550-1150 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Frit |
| Description | Miniature; frit, with traces of green glaze; decoration close to Mitannian glyptic forms two stags beside a palmette tree, bodies turned away from tree, but heads turned towards it. On other side a procession of four human figures wearing high caps to left; each has one arm straight at side, other held across chest; rounded base divided into five-petalled segments with dot in each; two lugs pierce vertically at rim; lid undecorated, fits exactly, pierced at each side to fit lugs of capsule. |
| Credit Line | Tell al-Rimah Expedition; Theresa Howard Carter, 1964 |
| Other Number | TR10 - Field No SF |
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