File:Vessel stand with ibex support - MET - ED III.jpg

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Français : Vessel stand in the form of an ibex, from Sumer, Early Dynastic III Period (ca. 2600-2350). Provenience unknown, most likely from a cultic context. Made in arsenical copper, inlaid with lapis lazuli and shell (right eye ; left eye is lost and replaced with wax)), cast with the lost-wax technique.
Date Early Dynastic III (ca. 2600–2350 B.C.)
Medium Calcite
Dimensions 40 x 23.5 x 23.9 cm
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art (Gallery 403)
Accession number
1974.190
Credit line purchase, 1974
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329091

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