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plaque
Object Type
plaque
Museum number
103225
Description
Baked clay plaque showing a bull-man holding a post.
Cultures/periods
Old Babylonian
Production date
2000BC-1600BC
Materials
fired clay
Dimensions
Length:
12.80 centimetres
Width:
7 centimetres
Bibliographic references
BM Return 1911 / BM Returns: Account of the Income & Expenditure of the British Museum ... for the year ending the 31st day of March 1911
(p. 66)
Barcelona 2002 / The Bull in the Mediterranean World
(cat.181, p.212)
Location
On display
(G56/dc25)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2003 19 March-7 June, Greece, Athens, Benaki Museum, 'The Bull in the Mediterranean World' 2002-2003 14 November-6 March, Spain, Barcelona, Salo del Tinell, 'The Bull in the Mediterranean World'
Subjects
mythical figure/creature
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
J J Naaman
Acquisition date
1910
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
103225
Registration number
1910,1112.3
Conservation
Treatment
: 14 Feb 2002