Painted Votive Statue of a Woman, Ur

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Traces of red paint can still be seen on the ears and chest of this woman. Her eyes might well have been inlaid but the eyes' irises are now lost. The woman's necklace is similar to that worn by the Queen of the Night (Burney) Relief. Old Babylonian Period, 2000-1750 BCE. From Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

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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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