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Standing male worshiper from Tell Asmar
- Material
- Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen
- Dimensions
- 11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (29.5 x 12.9 x 10 cm)
- Date as given by the source
- ca. 2900-2600 BCE
- Record number
- 40.156
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Object · ca. 2900-2600 BCE
Standing male worshiper from Tell Asmar
A small gypsum alabaster figure of a worshiper with clasped hands and a wide-eyed gaze, 29.5 cm high, which according to the museum was placed in the "Square Temple" at Tell Asmar. The record dates it about 2900-2600 BCE, to Early Dynastic I-II.
- Region
- Mesopotamia
- Material
- Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York