Statue
37-15-41
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Khafaje
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 37-15-41 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Khafaje |
| Archaeology Area | Mound A, Q45/4 |
| Period | Early Dynastic |
| Date Made | ca. 2600 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Alabaster | Shell | Lapis Lazuli |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Alabaster. Head of a statue. Neck bored. Nose chipped. Eyebrows and eyes filled with black paint. Mother-of-pearl inlays in eyes, one with a lapis lazuli pupil. Several incisions on top of head. |
| Height | 5.2 cm |
| Length | 4.7 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1937 |
| Other Number | KH 8-25 - Field No SF |
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