Farm
Animals - Milking a Large Nanny Goat - 4,000 BC
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Vivid
an highly decorative, these varied figures of goats, kids and
their herd give an indication of the genius of Sumerian artists.
They are exquisitely carven and are inlaid in a plaque that
once adorned the palace walls at Kish - one of a series in which
similar pastoral subjects and martial events were treated.
From
Wonders of the Past
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