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Image
of a ram, or more accurately a goat, with its forelegs resting on the
branches of a tree. It is made in wood, gold and lapis lazuli and was
discovered by Leonard Woolley in one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery
of Ur (about 2600 B.C.), now in the British Museum, London. The complex
recalls the image of the “tree of life”, often depicted
with two animals at its sides. Though described by its discoverer as
representing a pose often adopted by goats when trying to reach the
tastiest leafs, the posture of the animal appears not thoroughly natural
and seems to allude to the erect position typical of the human beings
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