A SUMERIAN QUARTZITE VOTIVE STATUETTE OF A MALE WORSHIPPER, standing with hands clasped in front in an attitude of devotion, with stylized locks of hair dressed in rows falling to either side of a rectangular beard, wearing a long skirt with wide pleated border, a thick rolled belt at the waist, a dedicatory inscription on the back, hole in base for mount, head partially missing, repaired at waist, Early Dynastic III, circa 2500 B.C.

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A SUMERIAN QUARTZITE VOTIVE STATUETTE OF A MALE WORSHIPPER, standing with hands clasped in front in an attitude of devotion, with stylized locks of hair dressed in rows falling to either side of a rectangular beard, wearing a long skirt with wide pleated border, a thick rolled belt at the waist, a dedicatory inscription on the back, hole in base for mount, head partially missing, repaired at waist, Early Dynastic III, circa 2500 B.C.
6¼in. (15.5cm.) high
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Cf. British Museum no. WA22470

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