Statue of an Ammonite King

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Hard greystone statue of an Ammonite king. Both hands of this male figure are clenched. He wears an Egyptian-style atef crown and a shawl over a garment in the Aramaic-Syrian tradition. Both legs stand on a pedestal of the same stone type; the base has no inscriptions. The formal pose, crown, and dress indicate that this figure is either a king or a god; the unmarked pupils on this statue perhaps suggest the sleep of death of a deified king. From Amman Citadel, Jordan, Iron Age II, around mid-8th century BCE.

The Jordan Museum, Amman.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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