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statuette
;
stand
Object Type
statuette
stand
Museum number
122200
Title
Object:
The Ram in the Thicket
Description
Statuette of a goat perched against a bush looking for food; tree is of gold leaf; goat has face and legs of gold leaf; ears of copper-alloy; horns, eyes and shoulder fleece of lapis lazuli; body fleece of white shell; originally mounted on wooden core; pedestal with mosaic decoration in shell and red limestone; tube rising from shoulders indicates that it was used as a support.
Cultures/periods
Early Dynastic III
Production date
2600BC
Production place
Made in:
Ur (historic - city)
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Leonard Woolley
(1928/29)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Royal Cemetery (Ur)
Materials
gold
lapis lazuli
shell
(white)
wood
silver
limestone
(red)
Technique
inlaid
Dimensions
Height:
45.70 centimetres
Length:
4.50 inches
(base)
Width:
2.50 inches
(base)
Width:
30.48 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Hall H R 1930a / The excavations at Ur: 1929-30
(pl. XIX)
(frontispiece)
Barnett & Wiseman 1960a / Fifty masterpieces of Ancient Near Eastern Art
(pp.22-23, no. 8)
Woolley et al 1934a / The Royal Cemetery
(pp.121, 264, pls 87-88, 90)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
tree/bush
Acquisition name
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Acquisition date
1929
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
122200
Registration number
1929,1017.1
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
U.12357
(excavation number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 30 Aug 2007
Treatment
: 23 Jun 2023