Vessel_stand_with_ibex_support_-_MET_-_ED_III.jpg
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Vessel stand in the form of an ibex, from Sumer, Early Dynastic III Period (ca. 2600-2350). Provenience unknown, most likely from a cultic context. Made in arsenical copper, inlaid with lapis lazuli and shell (right eye ; left eye is lost and replaced with wax)), cast with the lost-wax technique.
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| Date | Early Dynastic III (ca. 2600–2350 B.C.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Calcite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 40 x 23.5 x 23.9 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art (Gallery 403)
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| Accession number |
1974.190
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| Credit line | purchase, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329091 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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