Molded plaque: the weather god Adad and a bull standing on a lion-dragon

Babylonian

ca. 2000–1600 BCE

Not on view

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Title: Molded plaque: the weather god Adad and a bull standing on a lion-dragon
Period: Old Babylonian
Date: ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Geography: Southern Mesopotamia
Culture: Babylonian
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 3 7/8 × 7/8 in. (13.3 × 9.8 × 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999
Object Number: 1999.1
Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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