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Bull Calf Polemount
c. 2700 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Like most Mesopotamian sculptures in the round, this small bull was an object of worship in a temple. Its eyes, the triangle on the forehead, and the stripes in the rope were originally embellished with contrasting colored stones, or bone. The inlays are lost, but the sculpture itself is one of the very few original cult statues that have survived.
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Details
- Title: Bull Calf Polemount
- Date Created: c. 2700 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 7.7 x 5.1 x 13.1 cm (3 1/16 x 2 x 5 3/16 in.)
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.61
- Medium: basalt
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Sumerian, Iraq, c, 2700 BC
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number: 1970.61
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