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Bowl with human head

2nd millennium BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl with human head
  • Period: Middle Bronze Age
  • Date: 2nd millennium BCE
  • Geography: Syria
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: H. 6.1 cm x Diam. mouth 5.8 cm
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Mrs. Vladimir S. Littauer Gift, 1999
  • Object Number: 1999.535.2
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art
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