| Object Number |
32-40-226 |
| Current Location |
On Loan |
| Provenience |
Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area |
above PG 1850 and 1851 |
| Period |
Ur II |
| Date Made |
Late Early Dynastic |
| Section |
Near Eastern |
| Materials |
Copper (uncertain) | Bronze (uncertain) | Bitumen |
| Iconography |
Bull Head |
| Description |
II Dynasty. Copper, Bitumen core |
| Height |
13 cm |
| Length |
15 cm |
| Depth |
8 cm |
| Credit Line |
British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1932 |
| Other Number |
U.17887 - Field No SF |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 389 |
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| Kawami, Trudy S., and John Olbrantz. Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections. University of Washington Press, 2013. Page/Fig./Plate: 160/45 |
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| de Diego, Estrella, and Jose Garcia-Velasco. Viajeros por el conocimiento : Residencia de Estudiantes, diciembre de 2010-abril 2011. Madrid: Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales Publicaciones de la Residencia de Estudiantes, 2010. See: pg. 547 |
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| Woolley, Charles L. "Excavations at Ur, 1931-32." The Museum Journal 23, no. 3. (1933): 192-248. See: p. 200, pl. XXX, fig. 3 |
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