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

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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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, left. From the Temple of Sin, Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient Tutub), Dyala Governorate, Iraq; excavated by the Oriental Institute (Chicago), 4th season, 1933/1934 CE. Early Dynastic III, c. 2400 BCE. (The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan).

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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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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, December 10). Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Left Side]. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9676/statue-of-a-female-sumerian-worshipper-from-khafaj/

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