Mesopotamian Standing male worshiper

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Title: Mesopotamian Standing male worshiper
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Type: Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen
Date: Early Dynastic I-II ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Description: 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.
Format: 11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (29.5 x 12.9 x 10 cm)
Place: Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar),
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject: Sumerian Art