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Plaque depicting a pair of bulls, with a crescent symbolizing the moon god Sin atop a mountain-like pedestal on their backs
UnknownOld Babylonian Period, first half of the 2nd millennium BCE
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Credit: Purchase, Anna D. Ternbach Bequest Fund, in memory of Joseph Ternbach
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- Title: Plaque depicting a pair of bulls, with a crescent symbolizing the moon god Sin atop a mountain-like pedestal on their backs
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Old Babylonian Period, first half of the 2nd millennium BCE
- Location: Mesopotamia (Iraq)
- Type: Plaque
- Rights: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem / by Meidad Suchowolski
- External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Medium: Clay
- Dimensions: H. 7 cm, W. 6.3 cm, Th. 0.7 cm
- Curator: Peri, Laura A.
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