Part of a model chariot, with an impression of the sun god Shamash rising over the mountains
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Title: Part of a model chariot, with an impression of the sun god Shamash rising over the mountains
Period: Old Babylonian
Date: ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Geography: Southern Mesopotamia
Culture: Babylonian
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5 1/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 in. (12.9 × 5.9 × 3.7 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.131
“Art of the Ancient Near East.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 4, 1949–September 5, 1949.
“Exodus and Exile: 2,000 Years in Ancient Israel.” The Jewish Museum, New York, July 13, 1989–December 9, 1990.
“’A Seal Upon Thine Heart, Part II’: Glyptic Art of the Ancient Near East.” The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York, April 30, 1998–August 15, 1998.
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