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Bull Head from Girsu (Telloh)

Bull Head from Girsu (Telloh), 3000 BCE — Mesopotamia

Bull Head from Girsu (Telloh) is a Mesopotamian, Copper, Lapis Lazuli Sculpture created in 3000 BCE. It lives at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The image is tagged Bulls and Sculpture. Source

Bull head, probably affixed to the sound-chest of a lyre, excavated by Ernest de Sarzec. Place: Girsu (modern city of Telloh, Iraq).

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