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Summary

Object

Description
English: Cultual bassin ornated with fish-goats, symbolizing the freshwater abyss, domain of the god Ea. Found in Susa , limestone, Middle Elamite period (c. 1500 BC – 1100 BC).
Français : Poissons-chèvres, détail d'un bassin cultuel : personnification de l'abîme des eaux douces, domaine du dieu Ea. Trouvé à Suse, calcaire, période médio-elamite.
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Near Eastern antiquities, Sully wing
Accession number
Sb 19
Credit line 1904–1905: excavated by Jacques de Morgan.
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English: Cultual bassin ornated with fish-goats, Susa, ca. 1500-1100BC Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Author Marie-Lan Nguyen
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Cultual bassin ornated with fish-goats, Susa, ca. 1500-1100BC