Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion, Early Bronze Age, ca. 2200–2100 B.C., Syria, probably from Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh), Hurrian, Copper alloy, H. 4 5/8 x W. 3 1/8 in. (11.7 x 7.9 cm), Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, After the collapse of the Akkadian Empire and a brief period of decentralized rule, a dynasty ruling from the southern Mesopotamian city of Ur took over a large area of Mesopotamia, including areas in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, and ruled for about one hundred years (2100–2000 B
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Foundation peg, form, forepart, lion, Early Bronze Age, ca, 2200–2100 B.C, Syria, Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh, Hurrian, Copper alloy, H, 4 5/8 x W, 3 1/8, 11.7 7.9 cm, Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, collapse, Akkadian Empire, brief period, decentralized rule, dynasty ruling, southern Mesopotamian city, Ur, large area, Mesopotamia, areas, Zagros Mountains, Iran, ruled, hundred years, 2100–2000 B
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