Ibex-Shaped Vessel

ca. 1000 BCE (Iron Age II)

21.5 cm 25 cm 12.5 cm

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The ribbed horn of an ibex (a type of wild goat) forms the handle of this vessel. Made for ritual use, liquid, perhaps oil, could be poured into the tail and out of the animal's mouth.

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H. D. Motamed, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1960, by purchase.
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