Reigned 2029-1982 BCE.
Sumerian (Ur III period)--or modern? (See doubts here)
Quartzite with mica and chlorite.
Anonymous loan from a private collection, apparently overseas (pdf).
On display at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: Anonymous Loan 5.2015.
Tags: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit ancient antico antique متحف Sumer Sumerian Ur Shulgi king lugal Ur III Third dynasty of Ur head portrait stone quartzite anonymous loan male bald face 3rd millennium BCE 2nd millennium BCE late 3rd millennium BCE early 2nd millennium BCE modern fake forgery suspicious
Reigned 2029-1982 BCE.
Sumerian (Ur III period)--or modern? (See doubts here)
Quartzite with mica and chlorite.
Anonymous loan from a private collection, apparently overseas (pdf).
On display at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: Anonymous Loan 5.2015.
Tags: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit ancient antico antique متحف Sumer Sumerian Ur Shulgi king lugal Ur III Third dynasty of Ur head portrait stone quartzite anonymous loan male bald face 3rd millennium BCE 2nd millennium BCE late 3rd millennium BCE early 2nd millennium BCE modern fake forgery suspicious
Reigned 2029-1982 BCE.
Sumerian (Ur III period)--or modern? (See doubts here)
Quartzite with mica and chlorite.
Anonymous loan from a private collection, apparently overseas (pdf).
On display at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: Anonymous Loan 5.2015.
Tags: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit ancient antico antique متحف Sumer Sumerian Ur Shulgi king lugal Ur III Third dynasty of Ur head portrait stone quartzite anonymous loan male bald face 3rd millennium BCE 2nd millennium BCE late 3rd millennium BCE early 2nd millennium BCE modern fake forgery suspicious
Reigned 2029-1982 BCE.
Sumerian (Ur III period)--or modern? (See doubts here)
Quartzite with mica and chlorite.
Anonymous loan from a private collection, apparently overseas (pdf).
On display at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: Anonymous Loan 5.2015.
Tags: Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland Ohio USA museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit ancient antico antique متحف Sumer Sumerian Ur Shulgi king lugal Ur III Third dynasty of Ur head portrait stone quartzite anonymous loan male bald face 3rd millennium BCE 2nd millennium BCE late 3rd millennium BCE early 2nd millennium BCE modern fake forgery suspicious
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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