Post Date:
May 1, 2018 11:50 AM
TAG ID:
akgimages275688
(RM)
Credit:
Philippe Maillard / akg-images/Newscom
Format:
3906 x 4961 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Philippe Maillard / akg-images
Keywords:
24TH CENTURY B.C., 25TH CENTURY B.C., 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C., Ancient Civilisations, ANCIENT ORIENT, Art, ART, ARTS AND CRAFTS ; HANDCRAFT, Damascus, National Museum, ENDE (MALI), FABLED CREATURE, GOLDSMITH WORK, JEWELRY ; JEWELLERY, LAPIS LAZULI, MARI, MESOPOTAMIA, MESOPOTAMIAN ART, MYTHOLOGY, PECTORAL, PHILIPPE MAILLARD, PHOTOGRAPH, PREDYNASTIC ; PROTODYNASTIC, SCULPTURE, SMALL SCULPTURE, SUMERIAN, SYRIA, SYRIAN, TELL HARIRI, WESTERN ASIA
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Sumerian, Early Dynastic III, 25th–24th c. B.C. Pectoral shaped like a lion-headed eagle; back side. Lapis lazuli, gold, copper and bitumen, 12.8 cm tall, 11.9 cm wide, 1 cm thick. Disocvered: Mari / Tell Hariri (Syria), Pre-Sargonian Palace, Hall XXVII, the “Treasure of Ur”, M. 4405. Inv. no. 2399 Damascus, National Museum.