Standing God on a Bull from Urartu

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This is a bronze furniture-fitting (probably of a corner of a throne or bed). A god wearing a fringed robe stands on a recumbent bull. It was originally inlaid and gilded. From Toprakkale, Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian, late 8th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 29). Standing God on a Bull from Urartu. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9551/standing-god-on-a-bull-from-urartu/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Standing God on a Bull from Urartu." World History Encyclopedia, November 29, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9551/standing-god-on-a-bull-from-urartu/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Standing God on a Bull from Urartu." World History Encyclopedia, 29 Nov 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9551/standing-god-on-a-bull-from-urartu/.

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