Plaster Cast Of Cylindrical Altar
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1904
name: label: Donor Name
content: E F. Arrondelle
label: Site Name
content: Girsu (Tello, Telloh)
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is partially visible in old photo Neg. # 20535D, with a partially visible old exhibit label. What can be deciphered of the label seems to indicate the original was excavated by Ernest de Sarzec, is from Telloh (Tello), is of diorite, and is in the Louvre. This is presumably the same "Babylonian altar with bas-reliefs" cast described (but not illustrated) on p. 466 in the Smithsonian Annual Report for 1922, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15654778 . Both the catalogue card and old exhibit label identify Telloh as ancient Sirpula (a.k.a Shirpurla or Lagash). Telloh had been identified as the site of ancient Lagash, but more recently has been identified as Girsu. Girsu was the religious center of the Lagash state.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Telloh (Tello), Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq (Babylonia), Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 042435
label: USNM Number
content: A229759-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cast