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Bull Procession Cup
c. 3100-2900 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It was believed that the person who drank from a cup like this magically gained the fertility of the bulls carved on its surface.
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Details
- Title: Bull Procession Cup
- Date Created: c. 3100-2900 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.1
- Medium: gray limestone
- Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Culture: Sumerian, Iraq, c. 3100-2900 BC
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number: 1982.1
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