Bowl with procession of bulls
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Title: Bowl with procession of bulls
Period: Early Dynastic I
Date: ca. 2900–2700 BCE
Geography: Southern Mesopotamia
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 2 3/4 in. × 8 3/8 in. × 9 in. (7 × 21.3 × 22.9 cm)
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1939
Object Number: 39.61
“The Book and the Spade (Biblical Archaeological Exhibition).” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies, April 13, 1975–May 4, 1975.
“Cows.” The Queens Museum, New York. July 17, 1976–September 12, 1976.
“A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate.” Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, November 6, 2019–May 24, 2020.
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