Statue

Object Number:

37-15-28

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Iraq
Khafaje

Period:

Early Dynastic

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Alabaster
Shell
Lapis

Technique:

Inlaid

Iconography:

Man

Description:

Alabaster. Complete. On a rectangular base. Shell inlay eyes with lapis pupils. Flounced skirt. (S5). man with inlaid shell / lapis eyes Conus or Strombus

Height:

23cm

Credit Line:

Khafaje Expedition

Other Number:

KH 8-45	-	Field No SF
0404	-	Cast Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006)

Bibliography:

[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 142

[Catalogue] Aruz, Joan. 2003. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. : Page/Fig./Plate: 61

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