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Babylonian plaque showing a bearded god
early 2nd Millenium B.C.
Terracotta
13.43 × 4.4 × 2.39 cm (5 5/16 × 1 3/4 × 15/16in.)
Donated by Jane Davis Doggett, M.F.A. 1956
2006.245.2
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Syrian, Babylonian
Period:
2nd Millenium B.C.
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
North Syrian: with J.J. Klejman, NY 1962., New York Private Collection, Sotheby's, NY 31 May 1997, lot 370. Old Babylonian: with Fortuna Fine Arts, NY 1980s. Christie's NY Sale 1679, lot 29, June 16, 2006.
Bibliography:
Christie’s New York, New York, Christie’s Antiquities sale no. 1679, sale cat. (June 16, 2006).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
