The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Head of a male

Head of a male

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Head of a male

Period:: Old Babylonian
Date:: ca. 2000–1600 B.C.
Geography:: Southern Mesopotamia
Culture:: Babylonian
Medium:: Ceramic, paint
Dimensions:: H. 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1972
Accession Number:: 1972.96

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 403

Provenance

By 1971, Robin Symes, London (R. Symes, Ancient art, June 1971, London, no. 24); acquired by the Museum in 1972, purchased from Robin Symes, London.
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Who
Babylonian (519)
What
Ceramics (29,326)

Sculpture (24,354)
Where
Asia (68,257)

Iraq (2,493)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,741)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,170)
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Mesopotamia, 2000–1000 B.C.

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