Statuette

B16664

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Tello (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16664
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Tello (uncertain)
Period Lagash II
Date Made 2200-2100 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Diorite
Iconography Gudea | Male Head | Turban
Inscription Language Sumerian Language
Description

Black greenish diorite. Head of Gudea; turban; nose intact; chip off chin and turban.. Head only, body in Baghdad.

CBS Register: Gudea. head of black greenish diorite. Turban. Nose intact. chip off chin and turban.

(CDLI Composite: Q001555). See CDLI for transliteration info. Joins with IM 002909 from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq.

Height 9.5 cm
Width 9 cm
Depth 9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1927
Other Number 0402 - Cast Number | P232289 - CDLI Number

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