Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief

Unknown artist

Date: ca. 3300–2900 BCE

Medium: Steatite with chlorite

Dimensions: 4 5/16 × 3 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (11 × 9.5 × 3.5 cm)

Classification: Stone-Vessels

Period: Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr

Themes: Bulls

Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1950

Met highlight

Date range

-3300 – -2900

Largest dimension

3.5 cm

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