Silver vessel from South-western Iran, belonging to the Proto-Elamite period (3100-2900 B.C.), now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The vessel is held by a therianthropic being, with the head and forelegs of a bull, while the lower part of the body, wrapped up in a long dress, seems to reveal woman-like features and posture.

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