Fragment of a vessel with wheat stalks and a procession of bulls in relief
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Title: Fragment of a vessel with wheat stalks and a procession of bulls in relief
Period: Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr
Date: ca. 3300–2900 BCE
Geography: Southern Mesopotamia
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 4 5/16 × 6 11/16 × 1 7/8 in. (11 × 17 × 4.8 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number: 41.160.201
“Toro!! The Bull in Human History, Art and Sports.” University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming, April 15, 2005–September 4, 2005.
“Before the Flood.” Fundación ‘La Caixa’, Barcelona, Madrid, November 29, 2012–June 30, 2013.
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