18856
Culture
: Ne-MesopotamianPeriod
: Early Dynastic II-III, 2800-2334 B.C.Material
: LimestoneDimensions
: Height: 9.3 cmPrice
: SOLDProvenance
:Coll. G.F.Reber (acquired 1928) ex Indjoudjian, Paris.
Conditions
:Fragmentary head with inlaid eyes missing.
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Left half of a chubby face with large, almond shaped eye sockets, arched eyebrows, a short nose with wide nostrils and narrow lips with a restrained smile. Wavy hair that only leaves the earlobe free, with a narrow hairband.
This head belongs to the high quality sculpture of the early sumerian dynastyies.
Bibliography
Exhibited:
On loan, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, 1946-2006.
WOOLLEY C.L., Ur excavations, the royal cemetery, vol. II, pl. 121.
AMIET P., Art of the Ancient Near East, New York, 1980, figs. 32-43.
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