The Ram in a Thicket. Front view.

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SUMERIAN Anonymous (3500 BCE - 2000 BCE): From the Great Death Pit in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The object was named by the excavator after a Biblical story. It is actually a pose typical of goats when they reach for food. It originally had a wooden core supporting the gold leaf.

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