Seated_female_MET_DT867.jpg


Summary

anonymous : Seated female wikidata:Q29384555 reasonator:Q29384555
Artist
Title
Seated female
Part of Bronze Age Edit this at Wikidata
Object type sculpture / archaeological artifact Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex; Sculpture; Stone-Sculpture
Date ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C.
Medium Steatite or chlorite, alabaster
Dimensions 3 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (9 x 9.4 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession number
1989.281.41a, b
Object location
40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 47″ W Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Place of discovery Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Credit line Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
References
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329073

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Captions

Seated female (MET, 1989.281.41a, b)