ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Vessel Fragment with the Body of a Bovine
AAT Object Techniquerelief (sculpture techniques)
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functionfragments (object portions)
Place FoundSaudi Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
PeriodBronze Age
Date3rd Millennium BCE
MediumBasalt
Credit LineGift of Ann Boon Rhea
Dimensions3 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (8.6 x 15.6 cm)
Object number1999.007.006
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Ann Boon Rhea, United States, purchased from a Saudi Arabian farmer, prior to 1970.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3rd Millennium BCE
3rd Millennium BCE
3rd Millennium BCE
3rd Millennium BCE
3rd Millennium BCE
Early 1st Millennium
3rd Millennium BCE
4th-3rd Century BCE
1st-3rd Century CE
7th Century BCE
3300-1600 BCE
2900-2350 BCE
