Sumerian Woman from Khafajah

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The head is lost but the color of a glue, which was used to join the head to the upper chest, is clear. The head was probably removed after some time, for some reason or another. She wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment with a bare right shoulder. There is a rounded dowel hole at the lower surface of the torso. Kh. IV 246, IM46221, SM180. From Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient Tutub), Dyala Governorate, Iraq; Iraq; excavated by the Oriental Institute (Chicago), 4th season, 1933/1934 CE. Early Dynastic Period, 2900-2350 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 09). Sumerian Woman from Khafajah. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9691/sumerian-woman-from-khafajah/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Sumerian Woman from Khafajah." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 09, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9691/sumerian-woman-from-khafajah/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Sumerian Woman from Khafajah." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 09 Dec 2018. Web. 25 Mar 2025.

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