The Ram in a Thicket.
27th-25th c BCE Mesopotamian Sumerian (Eary Dynastic) Sculpture
SUMERIAN Anonymous
(3500 BCE - 2000 BCE)
c. 2600 BCE-2400 BCE
27th-25th c BCE
Sumerian (Eary Dynastic)
Ur (Tall al-Muqayyar). Iraq.
London. British Museum.
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From the Great Death Pit in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The object was named by the excavator after a Biblical story. It is actually a pose typical of goats when they reach for food. It originally had a wooden core supporting the gold leaf.
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SUMERIAN | The Ram in a Thicket. | Sumerian | Sumerian