id:			121887
accession number:	1942.204
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.204
updated:		2025-02-09 00:50:55.190000

Bull Head Attachment, c. 700–600 BCE. Urartian, northwest Iran, possibly Gusçi, Lake Urmia. Bronze; overall: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1942.204

title:				Bull Head Attachment
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creation date:			c. 700–600 BCE
creation date earliest:		-700
creation date latest:		-600
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Urartian, northwest Iran, possibly Gusçi, Lake Urmia
technique:	bronze
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Christian R. Holmes
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	Mrs. Christian R. Holmes
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hollis, Howard. "An Early Persian Bull's Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>30, no. 6 (June 1943): 98-99.<em><br></em>
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 93; Mentioned: p. 98
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141064

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 669
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n123

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n36

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n34

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n25

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n22

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