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Bull Procession Cup
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About this work
It was believed that the person who drank from a cup like this magically gained the fertility of the bulls carved on its surface.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBull Procession Cup, c. 3100–2900 BCE. Sumerian, Iraq. Gray limestone; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.1
