A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE MALE VOTIVE STATUETTE

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A SUMERIAN WHITE STONE MALE VOTIVE STATUETTE
CIRCA 2500 B.C.
Standing on an integral oval base, with hands clasped in front in a gesture of worship, shaven-headed with long flowing beard, wearing a ceremonial fleecy garment which hangs from the waist with a prominent fold at the back, draped over his left shoulder and arm leaving the right shoulder bare, with deeply recessed eyes and right nipple, mounted
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high

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Cf. E. Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, London, 1964, pls. 91, 100 and 103 for similar statues from the temple of Ishtar at Mari; O. W. Muscarella (ed.), Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 106 for a bronze votary with similar garment; and H. Weiss (ed.), Ebla to Damascus, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1985, p. 157, no. 62.