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<em>Jug with Four Rams’ Heads</em>, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg)
Jug with Four Rams’ Heads, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg)
<em>Jug with Four Rams’ Heads</em>, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg)

Jug with Four Rams’ Heads, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg)

<em>Jug with Four Rams’ Heads</em>, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view02_PS11.jpg)

Jug with Four Rams’ Heads, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view02_PS11.jpg)

<em>Jug with Four Rams’ Heads</em>, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, CUR.2015.65.10_Sackler_Foundation_image.jpg)

Jug with Four Rams’ Heads, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, CUR.2015.65.10_Sackler_Foundation_image.jpg)

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Jug with Four Rams’ Heads

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Clay
  • Place Made: Northern Iran, Iran
    • DATES late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E.
    DIMENSIONS height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm) width: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2015.65.10
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A small oval jug with a tall narrow neck and a flattened, everted rim. The rim has a pair of round holes on each side. A round rib encircles the base of the neck. Four vertical ribs each terminating in a small ram's head at the shoulder of the vessel divide the body of the vessel into quarters.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Jug with Four Rams’ Heads, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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    <em>Jug with Four Rams’ Heads</em>, late 2nd–early 1st millennium B.C.E. Clay, height: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.10. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.65.10_view01_PS11.jpg)

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