Head of Statuette

Description:

Head of a composite statuette of a worshipper

Medium:

Gypsum inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli

Location:

Tutub (modern Khafajah), Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 5.2 cm; W. 4.7 cm; D. 3.5 cm

Date:

Early Dynastic III Period, ca. 2600–2350 BCE

Inventory Number:

37-15-41

Lender:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Credit:

Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1937