Statue

38-10-50

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Khafaje

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 38-10-50
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Khafaje
Archaeology Area P 45/51, Long shrine at right of altar
Period Early Dynastic
Section Near Eastern
Materials Alabaster | Bitumen
Iconography Man
Description

Alabaster. Male figure, hands clasped on chest; head missing. Bitumen at break, and boring in neck for dowel. Standing on roughly rectangular base.

Height 26.2 cm
Width 13 cm
Credit Line Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938
Other Number KH 9-68 - Field No SF

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