Cleveland Museum of Art

Bull Procession Cup

Date

c. 3100–2900 BCE

Medium

gray limestone

Culture

Sumerian, Iraq

Department

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

It was believed that the person who drank from a cup like this magically gained the fertility of the bulls carved on its surface.

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