Calcite and bitumen hedgehog mounted on wheeled base, Susa, c12th century BC. Artist: Unknown

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Calcite and bitumen hedgehog mounted on wheeled base, Susa, c12th century BC. This object was part of a hoard deposited near the Temple of Inshushinak (the patron god of Susa). It is now in The Louvre.

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