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This is a votive statuette of a male Sumerian worshiper from the Square Temple of Abu at Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna, Mesopotamia, Iraq), Early Dynastic III, 2600-2400 BCE. Excavated by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in the 1933-1934 season. Part of the so-called "Tell Asmar Hoard"; this is the only kneeling and nude figure in the Hoard. There are traces of repairs in antiquity. Tell Asmar Hoard is composed of 12 statuettes; seven are on display at the Sumerian Gallery of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, May 25). Male Worshiper from Tell Asmar Hoard at the Iraq Museum. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10788/male-worshiper-from-tell-asmar-hoard-at-the-iraq-m/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Male Worshiper from Tell Asmar Hoard at the Iraq Museum." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 25 May 2019. Web. 23 Nov 2024.
