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Vessel Stand with Ibex Support in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008

Vessel Stand with Ibex Support in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008
Vessel Stand with Ibex Support
Arsenical copper, inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli
Mesopotamia
Early Dynastic III, 2600-2350 BC

Accession # 1974.190

The stand may have been used in temple ritual, the rings above the ibex holding lamps or bowls for incense or offerings. The head and body of the ibex were hollow-cast separately by the lost-wax method.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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