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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Stone Bactrian Snake Bowl, Near East, Late 3rd. Millennium B.C.E.
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Stone Bactrian Snake Bowl, Near East, Late 3rd. Millennium B.C.E.

W. 12.7 cm
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Provenance

Acquired in Great Britain market in 1975.

Near East, Bactrian. A Chlorite stone cup adorned with a snake, originally inlaid. The snake is sculpted in a coiled position wrapped around the bowl. Possibly used as a libation vessel, and or in ritual ceremony, especially in serpent cultic rituals.

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