id:			160080
accession number:	1997.51
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.51
updated:		2025-02-09 05:25:45.090000

Head of a Bull, 3000–2000 BCE. Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Iraq, Tigris-Euphrates valley, Early Bronze Age I (c. 3300–c. 3000 BCE). Chalcedony; overall: 3.1 x 2.9 x 4.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1997.51

title:				Head of a Bull
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creation date:			3000–2000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-3000
creation date latest:		-2000
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture:	Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Iraq, Tigris-Euphrates valley, Early Bronze Age I (c. 3300–c. 3000 BCE)
technique:	chalcedony
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 3.1 x 2.9 x 4.3 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Museum Acquires Major Chuck Close Painting, 19th-century Fire Screen, Rare Prints & Drawings,” June 9, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4136

	Del Bufalo, Dario. Precious portraits: small precious stone sculptures of Imperial Rome. 2020.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 154, no. 498
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