BILDER

miniature, altar [?]

Föremål

link to gallery
Upphovsman: <presImageByline>Kaneberg, Ove
Upphovsrätt: <presImageCopyright> Statens museer för världskultur
Licens: <mediaLicense> Licens
Typ <itemType> Objekt/föremål
Datering <presTimeLabel> Sumerian [?]
Description <itemDescription>
  • Small miniature table/bed or altar with four short legs; handmade; impressed decoration on the top in the shape of wavy and straight lines and dots; the underside is not decorated; the decoration is made by a stamp impression, not rolled. Pale pinkish white clay, hardfired.
Inventory number <itemDescription>
Acquisition <itemDescription>
  • Purchased in 1952 from Dr Alfred Haldar, Uppsala, who in his turn had acquired it from an art dealer in Europe.
Comments <itemDescription>
  • On the underside the object is marked “422” in Arabic script (n.b. NOT our Arabic numerals!). An old inventory number or price?
    Nya bilder Medelhavsmuseet 2009

Condition <itemDescription>
  • Three of the legs broken, otherwise intact.
Dimensions <itemDescription>
Utställning / ingår i <itemDescription>
Exhibition, Part of / Current <itemDescription>
  • Study Gallery - Showcase 14:03.
Händelse <context>
  • Brukad Sumerian [?].
  • Ägd av Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
Material, engelska<itemMaterial>
Terracotta
Earthenware
Pottery
Clay
Material<itemMaterial>
Terrakotta
Keramik
Nyckelord <itemKeyWord>
  • Sumerian [?]
  • ceramics
Mått <itemMeasurement>
  • Length / Längd: 10,2 cm.
Object<itemName>
miniature
altar [?]
Ämne <subject>
  • Kulturhistoria
Inventory number <itemNumber>
Rättigheter för metadata <itemLicense> Licens
Källa <presOrganization> Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Källa <url>

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