Ram in a Thicket

c. 2600–2400 BC · Sumer

A pair of near-identical figures of a goat rearing up against a tree, in gold, silver and lapis lazuli. One is in London, the other in Philadelphia.

Date

c. 2600–2400 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Ur

Where it is today

British Museum, London

Related pieces

• 
  21st century BC

  Stone plate of the priestess Enmahgalanna

• 
  c. 2500 BC

  The Queen’s Lyre of Ur

• 
  c. 2600–2400 BC

  Cylindrical stone vessel from Ur

• 
  c. 3000–2900 BC

  Sealing with the symbols of Sumerian cities

• 
  c. 2500 BC

  Cow’s head from the Silver Lyre

• 
  c. 2600 BC

  Queen Puabi’s headdress

All museum pieces