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Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Right Side]
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Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Right Side]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The eye sockets were filled in with white shell set in bitumen. She wears a Sumerian garment with a bare right shoulder. Her hair was carefully carved. Side view, right. From the...
Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Right Side]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Right Side]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Side view, right...
Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Right Side]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Right Side]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian male in a gesture of prayer. He wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment. The head/neck, right upper limb, and both feet are lost. Side view, right. From the Small Shrine at Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient...
Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Rear View]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Rear View]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Back view. From the...
Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Front View]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Front View]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Front view. From the...
Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Left Side]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Left Side]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian male in a gesture of prayer. He wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment. The head/neck, right upper limb, and both feet are lost. Side view, left. From the Small Shrine at Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient...
Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Left Side]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Female from Khafajah [Left Side]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. The feet stand on a semi-rectangular base with a back-pillar. Side view, left. From...
Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Rear View]
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Sumerian Male from Khafajah [Rear View]

Limestone statue of a Sumerian male in a gesture of prayer. He wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment. The head/neck, right upper limb, and both feet are lost. Back view. From the Small Shrine at Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient Tutub...
Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
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Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)

The Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia is the modern-day archaeological term for the era in Mesopotamian history – 2900-2334 BCE – during which some of the most significant cultural advances were made including the rise of the cities, the...
Sumerian Man Offering a Libation
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Sumerian Man Offering a Libation

Shell inlay depicting a standing and naked man (ordinary individual or priest) offering a libation. Excavated by Sir Henry Layard for the Department of Antiquities in Iraq. This object was part of the objects allotted to the British Museum...
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