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Summary
Libation to a vegetation goddess relief-AO 276
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| Artist |
Unknown artist
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| Title |
Libation to a vegetation goddess relief-AO 276
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| Object type |
stele
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archaeological artifact
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| Description |
English:
Votive relief: libation to a vegetation goddess. Limestone, Early Dynastic III (ca. 2500 BC), found in Telloh (ancient Girsu).
Français :
Bas-relief votif : libation à une déesse de la végétation. Calcaire, Dynasties Archaïques III (v. 2500 av. J.-C.), découvert à Tello (ancienne cité de Girsu).
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| Date |
circa 2500
BC
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| Medium |
limestone
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| Dimensions | H. 17.4 cm (6 ¾ in.), W. 16 cm (6 ¼ in.), D. 2.1 cm (¾ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Department of Oriental Antiquities, Richelieu, ground floor, room 1a
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| Accession number |
AO 276
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| Place of discovery |
Girsu
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| Object history |
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| Credit line | Excavated by Ernest de Sarzec, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Louvre Museum ARK ID
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010121761
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| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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