Fragment of a Sumerian Temple Statuette

Culture: Mesopotamia/Sumer

Period: End of 3rd millennium B.C.

Material: Quartzite

Dimensions: 8.2 cm x 9 cm

Price: Sold

Ref: 6073

Provenance: German private collection Hamoudi. Thence Antikensammlung Gackstätter, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.

Condition: Fragment

Description: Stylized, three-dimensional modelled fragment of white quartzite depicting a dressed upper body of a standing male prayer. Both arms slightly raised, resting on the chest, the hands crossed for the praying gesture. The fibrous made surface indicate a wool cloth, on the back thick horizontal villus threads. Around the stomach area the beginning of a skirt is visible, through narrow vertical notches, around the neck remains of a necklace. Before the break on the back the end of shoulder-long hair remained.