Urkish, Subartu (Imperial Akkadian Period) : Bronze cast lion dedicated by Tisari, King of Kurkish, and stone tablet, c. 2460-2290 BC

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Parrot, Andre
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Anticipates the realism characteristic of animal sculpture in the Larsa period. Movement & life rendered with vivid actuality.

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Mesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period, sculpture, bronze, book scan

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1960

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