id:			144695
accession number:	1969.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.37
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:24.653000

Seated Ruler, 2000–1700 BCE. North Syria, possibly Ebla. Limestone with shell inclusions; overall: 66.7 x 38.2 x 54.6 cm (26 1/4 x 15 1/16 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1969.37

title:				Seated Ruler
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creation date:			2000–1700 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2000
creation date latest:		-1700
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	North Syria, possibly Ebla
technique:	limestone with shell inclusions
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 66.7 x 38.2 x 54.6 cm (26 1/4 x 15 1/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Forgotten Realms. Heirs of the Hittite Empire
	opening date:   2019-05-02T04:00:00
	<i>Forgotten Realms. Heirs of the Hittite Empire</i>. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (May 2-August 12, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Paul Mallon, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "Three Ancient Near Eastern Celebrations and a Guest of Honor." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 1 (1974): 14-26.
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	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152509.

	Orthmann, Winfried, Paolo Matthiae, and Michel Al-Maqdissi.<em> Archeologie et histoire de la Syrie: I. La Syrie de l'epoque neolithique a l'age du fer</em>. Wiesbaden: Harrossowitz Verlag, 2013.
	page number: 	p. 378, fig. 201
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	Blanchard, Vincent. <em>Royaumes Oubliés:de l'empire Hittite aux Araméens</em>. Paris: LienArt, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 376. fig. 246
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