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Object Number:38-10-49
Current Location: Middle East Galleries
Currently On Display
Provenience: Iraq
Khafaje
Archaeology Area: P 45/52, left of altar
Period: Early Dynastic III
Date Made: 2600-2450 BCE
Early Date: -2600
Late Date: -2450
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Alabaster
Iconography:Woman
Height: 30.8 cm
Length: 0 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Credit Line:Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938
Other Number:KH 9-178 - Field No SF

Description

Alabaster: damaged by burning. On a square(?) base only a fragment of which remains. [Base has not been joined to statue]. Weariong a long garment leaving right shoulder bare, draped over left arm. Right forearm and left hand missing. Headless; hole bored in neck, traces of bitumen on break.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006) View Objects in Exhibition
Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Olbrantz, John, and Kawami, Trudy S. 2013. Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections.. University of Washington Press. : Page/Fig./Plate: 131/29View Objects related to this reference

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