Statue
37-15-31
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Khafaje
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
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Object Number
37-15-31
Current Location
Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience
Iraq | Khafaje
Archaeology Area
Mound A, Q 45/4, shrine
Period
Early Dynastic
Section
Near Eastern
Materials
Alabaster | Shell | Lapis Lazuli
Technique
Inlaid
Iconography
Man | Priest
Description
Alabaster. Full length skirt; overall leaf pattern. Ryes shell, pupils lapis, shaven head. Conus or Strombus.
Height
30 cm
Width
12.9 cm
Thickness
12.4 cm
Credit Line
Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1937
Other Number
KH 8-272 - Field No SF
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Tinney, Stephen J. Journey to the City: A Companion to the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum . University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. See: Page 5, Figure 1.2 and page 75
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Aruz, Joan. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus . New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. Page/Fig./Plate: 61
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Legrain, Leon. "The Babylonian Collection of the University Museum." The University Museum Bulletin 10, no. 3-4. (1944): 1-75.
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Legrain, Leon. "Khafaje and Tell Asmar ." The University Museum Bulletin 10, no. 3-4. (1944): 44-47. See: p. 46, fig. 30
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