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The 'Ram in a Thicket'. From Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCE. This is one of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonard Woolley in the 'Great Death Pit', one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The other is now in the University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia. The 'ram' is more accurately described as a goat. Its head and legs are covered in gold leaf, its ears are copper (now green), its twisted horns and the fleece on its shoulders are of lapis lazuli, and its body fleece is made of shell. Its genitals are gold. The tree is covered in gold leaf, with golden flowers, the whole supported on a small rectangular base decorated with a mosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli. H. 45.7; w. 30.48 cm. AN 122200.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART319813

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2973px × 3600px

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