Statue
38-10-49
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Khafaje
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 38-10-49 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Khafaje |
| Archaeology Area | P 45/52, left of altar |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | ca. 2475-2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Alabaster |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Alabaster: damaged by burning. On a square(?) base only a fragment of which remains. [Base has not been joined to statue]. Weariong a long garment leaving right shoulder bare, draped over left arm. Right forearm and left hand missing. Headless; hole bored in neck, traces of bitumen on break. |
| Height | 30.8 cm |
| Width | 15.5 cm |
| Depth | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Khafaje Expedition; E. A. Speiser and Charles Bache, 1938 |
| Other Number | KH 9-178 - Field No SF |
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