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Relief Fragment with Male Figures Carrying Goats Before a Ruler
(Ancient Near East )
This fragmentary tablet depicts a seated man, probably a ruler or high official, holding a beaker in his right hand and a bundle of plants in his left. A nude priest brings a jug, and a small goat is jumping onto the ruler's knees. Two officials in the characteristic tufted skirts approach; the first clasps his hands in a gesture of respect, and the second brings a goat as a gift or offering.
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Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iraq (Ur) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/4 x W: 9 7/8 in. (12 x 25.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
21.7