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Limestone statue of a Sumerian male in a gesture of prayer. He wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment. The head/neck, right upper limb, and both feet are lost. Side view, right. From the Small Shrine at Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient...

Limestone statue of a Sumerian male in a gesture of prayer. He wears the classical Sumerian flounced garment. The head/neck, right upper limb, and both feet are lost. Front view. From the Small Shrine at Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient Tutub...

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. Back view. From the Temple...

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...

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, right. From the...

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. Front view. From the Temple of Sin, Khafajah (also Khafaje...

Funerary relief depicting a teacher with three discipuli (pupils). The scene shows two boys seated on either side of their teacher as a younger boy walks into the room. The older boys hold an open scroll. The younger boy enters from the right...

This Japanese funerary vessel is an example of Sue wares, originally made for tombs. They were probably used for feasting and drinking at the time of the funeral and then buried with the person who had died. They were crafted on a potter's...

Limestone statue of a Sumerian female. The head/neck, both arms and forearms, and the feet are lost. Only the clasped hands (in a gesture of prayer), in front of the lower chest, have survived. The upper half of the body is naked; the breasts...

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...