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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
- Material
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 6 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/4in. (16.3 x 6.3 x 10.8cm)
- Date as given by the source
- ca. 3100-2900 BCE
- Record number
- 66.173
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Object · ca. 3100-2900 BCE
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
A small silver figure of a robed bull holding a spouted vessel, dated by the museum about 3100-2900 BCE and attributed to Proto-Elamite culture. The record gives "Southwestern Iran" but no findspot, and the museum itself writes that its function "remains uncertain".
- Region
- Iran (Persia)
- Material
- Silver
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York