Mesopotamian Standing male worshiper
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Title
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Mesopotamian Standing male worshiper
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Rights
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Type
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Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen
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Date
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Early Dynastic I-II ca. 2900–2600 BCE
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Description
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This standing figure, with clasped hands and a wide-eyed gaze, is a worshiper. It was placed in the "Square Temple" at Tell Asmar, perhaps dedicated to the god Abu, in order to pray perpetually on behalf of the person it represented.
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Format
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11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (29.5 x 12.9 x 10 cm)
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Place
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Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar),
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Publisher
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Subject
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Sumerian Art