Statuette
B16664
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Tello (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
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Object Number
B16664
Current Location
Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience
Iraq | Tello (uncertain)
Period
Lagash II
Date Made
ca. 2100 BCE
Section
Near Eastern
Materials
Diorite
Iconography
Gudea | Male Head | Turban
Inscription Language
Sumerian Language
Description
Black greenish diorite. Head of Gudea; turban; nose intact; chip off chin and turban.. Head only, body in Baghdad.
CBS Register: Gudea. head of black greenish diorite. Turban. Nose intact. chip off chin and turban.
(CDLI Composite: Q001555). See CDLI for transliteration info. Joins with IM 002909 from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, Iraq.
Height
9.5 cm
Width
9 cm
Depth
9 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1927
Other Number
0402 - Cast Number | P232289 - CDLI Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Tinney, Stephen J. Journey to the City: A Companion to the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum . University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. See: Page 90, Figure 4.6
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Kawami, Trudy S., and John Olbrantz. Breath of Heaven, Breath of Earth: Ancient Near Eastern Art from American Collections . University of Washington Press, 2013. Page/Fig./Plate: 127/25
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Legrain, Leon. "The Babylonian Collection of the University Museum." The University Museum Bulletin 10, no. 3-4. (1944): 1-75.
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Legrain, Leon. "Sumerian Sculptures ." The Museum Journal 13, no. 3. (1927): 217-247. See: p. 242, 243
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Legrain, Leon. "Lagash (Tello) ." The University Museum Bulletin X, no. 3-4. (1944): 53-55. See: p. 56, fig 38
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Legrain, Leon. "The Museum's Gudea ." The University Museum Bulletin VI, no. 6. (1937): 5-7. See: p. 6, plate I
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Kramer, Samuel N. "Work Done ." The University Museum Bulletin XVII, no. 2. (1952): 8-22. See: p. 23, fig 10
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