MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sumerian - Relief Fragment with Male Figures Carrying Goats Before a Ruler - Walters 217 (2).jpg This fragmentary tablet depicts a seated man probably a ruler or high official holding a beaker in his right hand and a bundle of plants in his ...
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Keywords: Sumerian - Relief Fragment with Male Figures Carrying Goats Before a Ruler - Walters 217 (2).jpg This fragmentary tablet depicts a seated man probably a ruler or high official holding a beaker in his right hand and a bundle of plants in his left A nude priest brings a jug and a small goat is jumping onto the ruler's knees Two officials in the characteristic tufted skirts approach; the first clasps his hands in a gesture of respect and the second brings a goat as a gift or offering 3000 BC limestone alabaster cm 12 25 1 accession number 21 7 18231 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Label Old label 6944 ixg place of origin Ur in present-day Iraq <gallery> File Sumerian - Relief Fragment with Male Figures Carrying Goats Before a Ruler - Walters 217 jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Sumer Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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