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Vase with a handle in the form of a human-headed bull protome

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Faience, Neo-Elamite, Elamite
Rights: Public Domain
Ancient Near Eastern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1943
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Title: Vase with a handle in the form of a human-headed bull protome
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Faience, Neo-Elamite, Elamite.

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