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Source Description
This head was attached to the rim of an enormous cauldron excavated at the Urartian fortress of Toprakkale. The facial markings are characteristic of Urartian art of this period.
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Document identity
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36490
label
Head of a Bull
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36490
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normalized
title
Head of a Bull
description
This head was attached to the rim of an enormous cauldron excavated at the Urartian fortress of Toprakkale. The facial markings are characteristic of Urartian art of this period.
provenance
Kalebjian Freres, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1928, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P5463]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
8th-7th century BCE (Iron Age)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
figurines
cauldrons
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cm
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12.4
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11.8
depth
10.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 7/8 x W: 4 5/8 x D: 4 1/8 in. (12.38 x 11.75 x 10.48 cm)
Source extras
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Urartian
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bronze
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6300
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ANE
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3135
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