Category:Votive plaque of a beard-AO 19225

**beard-shaped votive plaque**
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Instance of	plaque;
Dedicated to	Shara;
Made from material	gold;
Location	Room 235, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Creator	unknown value;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 19225 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	2370 (in Julian calendar) BC;
Width	6.7 cm;
Height	8.5 cm;
Authority file
	Q55575555; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010120701
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Artist

Unknown author

Title

Votive plaque of a beard

Object type

Description

Offered by Bara-Irnum, queen of Umma, to God Shara in gratitude for sparing her life.

Date

circa 2370 BC

Medium

Dimensions

height: 8.5 cm (3.3 in); width: 6.7 cm (2.6 in); depth: 2 cm (0.7 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Mésopotamie, room 1c: Mésopotamie archaïque, IIIe millénaire avant J.-C.. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 19225