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Double-Bull Column Capital with Worker
1933
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
DOUBLE-BULL COLUMN CAPITAL
WITH WORKER
Unfinished Gate
Field Negative 33.471
Negative N. 12864
Herzfeld Expedition 1933
This bull capital was discovered next to the Unfinished Gate that preceded the Hall of 100 Columns. The kneeling worker shows the colossal scale of this stone figure, which is only one of a pair of back-to-back bull protomes.
Details
- Title: Double-Bull Column Capital with Worker
- Date Created: 1933
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL
- Location Created: Persepolis, Iran
- Provenance: Acquired by the Herzfeld Expedition, 1933
- Type: Field Negative
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, P. 23335
- Photograph Registration Number: Herzfeld Field Negative 33.471 / N. 12864 / P. 23335
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