Statue
Furniture Fragment
38-10-55
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Khafaje
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 38-10-55 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Khafaje |
| Archaeology Area | in altar of Long Shrine P 45/51 |
| Period | Early Dynastic |
| Date Made | ca. 2475-2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Alabaster |
| Iconography | Bull | Human Face |
| Description | Alabaster. In form of a kneeling bearded bull. The rear legs are not shown, the back of the body being cut for attachment to the chair; horizontal boring through the body for a dowel; smaller boring across its width at the back. Incomplete. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Depth | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938 |
| Other Number | KH 9-124 - Field No SF |
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