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
Tags: museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Metropolitan Museum of Art MMA Met New York City NYC USA New York ancient Sumerian human-headed bull Mesopotamia Girsu Tello Ur-Ningirsu 22nd c. BCE Nanshe goddess inscribed inscription male bison late 22nd c. BCE stone serpentine lizardite green sculpture scultura statue carved Γλυπτική γλυπτό statuary estatua statua statuo Bildhauerei escultura skulptarto heykel άγαλμα crown divine Shamash justice Sun pleiades:findspot=912855 zoomorphic
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
Limestone. Archaic Cypriot, 2nd quarter of the 6th c. BCE
Said to be from the temple at Golgoi
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (74.51.515)
The Cesnola Collection, purchased by subscription, 1874-76
Tags: museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Metropolitan Museum of Art MMA Met New York City NYC USA New York ancient Cyprus Κύπρος Kıbrıs Zypern Chypre Кипр Chipre Kipro Cipro Cypriot Cypriote zyprisch κυπριακός chypriote cipriota ciprio Greek greco grecque griechisch griego ελληνικός yunan limestone stone 6th c. BCE 2nd quarter of the 6th c. BCE 2nd quarter 6th c. BCE bull-man Cypriot Archaic Archaic arcaico sculpture scultura statue carved Γλυπτική γλυπτό statuary estatua statua statuo Bildhauerei escultura skulptarto heykel άγαλμα minotaur Golgoi temple Cesnola pleiades:findspot=707512 bear/arcus bull-headed?
Flavian or Hadrianic "copy" of an "original" of the 5th c. BCE (?).
Rome, from the Via S. Tommaso in Parione.
Perhaps part of a sculptural group with the male torso from the same site.
Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
Tags: 1st c. CE 2nd c. CE 5th c. BCE creature Flavian group Hadrianic male marble Minotaur minotauro Museo Nazionale Romano museum myth nude Palazzo Massimo Roman Roman copy Rome sculpture statue stone torso virile via S. Tommaso in Parione pleiades:findspot=423025 bull curl drill bovine