Statue
Object Title:
Ram in the Thicket
Object Number:
30-12-702
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Iraq
Ur
Locus:
PG 1237
Section:
Near Eastern
Materials:
Gold
Silver
Lapis
Iconography:
Ram
Goat
Tree
Description:
"Ram in the Thicket" Of gold, silver, shell and lapis. Standing on mosaic pavement.
Shell is Pinctada margaritifera; and Conus or Strombus
Credit Line:
Joint British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Ancient Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs of Ur (1983 - 1998)
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jun 2010)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Legrain, Leon. 1950. The Babylonian Collection of the University Museum, University Museum Bulletin Vol.: 10:3-4.
[Catalogue] Zettler, Richard L. and Horne, Lee. 1998. Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur. : Page/Fig./Plate: 60
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 148
[Catalogue] Aruz, Joan. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. : Page/Fig./Plate: 121
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