Copper reclining cow

c. 2800–2600 BC · Sumer

Copper reclining cow, from Sumer, dated c. 2800–2600 BC. It was found at Tell al-Ubaid. Today it is kept at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

Date

c. 2800–2600 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Tell al-Ubaid

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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