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04/03/2021

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., Proto-Elamite, The MET Museum. 🐮This small silver bull, clot...
24/02/2021

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, ca. 3100–2900 B.C., Proto-Elamite, The MET Museum. 🐮

This small silver bull, clothed in a robe decorated with a stepped pattern and holding a spouted vessel, shows a curious blend of human and animal traits. The large neck meets distinctly human shoulders, which taper into arms that end in hooves. Representations of animals in human postures were common in Proto-Elamite art, possibly as symbols of natural forces but just as likely as protagonists in myths or fables. The function of this small masterpiece remains uncertain. Traces of cloth that were found affixed to the figure suggest that it was intentionally buried, perhaps as part of a ritual or ceremony.

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Born in 1995 in Tbilisi, where he lives, he’s currently studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. He participated in the “Maro Makashvili and seven 1921’s students” contest at the Javaxishvili’s House in Tbilisi.

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