Lamp cover, interlocking serpents forming crosses

Louvre Museum

Interlocking serpents that form interlocking cross lamp cover

English Translation:
Lamp Cover
Decorated with intertwined serpents
Chlorite
Neo-Sumerian Tello period, ancient Girsu

Excavations H. de Genouillac 1930
AO 12843

Original Text:
Couvercle de lampe
décoré de serpents entrelacés
Chlorite
Epoque néo-sumérienne Tello, ancienne Girsu

Fouilles H. de Genouillac 1930
AO 12843


Interlocking serpents that form interlocking cross lamp cover
Taken on  Friday 15th of September 2017
Device: Motorola
Model: XT1585
Source:  Paris, France

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