Head of Statuette
![Head of a statue of a worshipper or priest. The composite statue is one without any hair on the head. It has wide eyes, orange-hued skin, and a broken nose.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/statuette-worshipper/@@images/b04ce476-6810-46f5-a71d-79be85f271d0.jpeg)
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
Courtesy of Penn Museum