Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, ca. 3100–2900

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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, Proto-Elamite, ca. 3100–2900 , Southwestern Iran, Proto-Elamite, Silver, 6 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/4in. ( x x ), Metalwork-Sculpture, Soon after the political transformations of the Uruk period in southern Mesopotamia, similar innovations—including writing and cylinder seals, the mass production of standardized ceramics, and a figural art style—developed around the city of Susa in southwestern Iran, an area in which the predominant language was Elamite

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