Listed as "Greek, Sicily" without further provenance.
Dated to 480 BCE, on unknown grounds.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Anonymous Loan 2.2012
Tags: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA without provenance anonymous loan terracotta Terrakotta terracota terre cuite Терракота Italy Italia Italien Ιταλία Italie Italië Италия Italio Acheloos Achelous Ἀχελῷος Αχελώος Aqueloo Achéloos Acheloo Ахелой river-god deity god bull human-headed bull askos ἀσκός ceramics ceramica vessel vase clay κεραμική pottery pots αγγεία vasellame 5th c. BCE early 5th c. BCE 480s BCE ca. 480 BCE Greek greco
Listed as "Greek, Sicily" without further provenance.
Dated to 480 BCE, on unknown grounds.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Anonymous Loan 2.2012
Tags: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA without provenance anonymous loan terracotta Terrakotta terracota terre cuite Терракота Italy Italia Italien Ιταλία Italie Italië Италия Italio Acheloos Achelous Ἀχελῷος Αχελώος Aqueloo Achéloos Acheloo Ахелой river-god deity god bull human-headed bull askos ἀσκός ceramics ceramica vessel vase clay κεραμική pottery pots αγγεία vasellame 5th c. BCE early 5th c. BCE 480s BCE ca. 480 BCE Greek greco
Human-headed bull in serpentine (lizardite).
From Southern Mesopotamia, probably Tello (ancient Girsu). Reign of Ur-Ningirsu of Lagash, c. 2150-2100 BCE.
Inscribed with a dedication to the goddess Nanshe for the life of Ur-Ningirsu.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1996.353)
Rogers Fund, 1996
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Terracotta
East Greek/Rhodian, Archaic period, mid-6th c. BCE
No provenance listed.
Gift of John Dusenbery in memory of Elsbeth Dusenbery (Elsbeth Brainan, class of 1940)
Smith College Museum of Art, SC 2004:20-54
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
www.smith.edu/artmuseum/
Tags: Archaic età arcaica 6th c. BCE mid 6th c. BCE 2nd quarter 6th c. BCE 3rd quarter 6th c. BCE Acheloos River god Achelous bullman manbull beard horns aryballos perfume bottle scent-bottle bull ox head plastic moldmade mouldmade ears Smith College Museum of Art Northampton, MA Massachusetts USA museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός