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Object Type: figure
Museum number: 123139
Description: A calf, with a hole for a vertical post through the body
Cultures/periods: Late Uruk
Production date: 3300BC-3000BC
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Ur (historic - city)
Materials: stone
Technique: carved
Dimensions: Height: 10.16 centimetres; Width: 14.60 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Gadd 1933a / Antiquities from Ur: temporary exhibition (p.43); Braun-Holzinger E A 1984a / Figürliche Bronzen aus Mesoptamien (78)
Location: On display (G56/dc2)
Subjects: cattle
Acquisition name: Division of Finds: Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Acquisition date: 1931-1932
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 123139
Registration number: 1932,1008.32

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