Tell 'Ubaid (Fara-Ur I period) : Seated figure, c. 2900-2460 BC, found not far from temple of Ninkhursanga, greenish-grey trachyte, a few traces of paint

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dc.contributor.authorStrommenger, Eva
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia (Tell al-'Ubaid, Iraq)
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:54:59Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:54:59Z
dc.date.created1964
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:54:59Z
dc.descriptionName not known as only one sign of the inscription is legible. Traces of red colour hint that painting as well as inlay-work added colour to these statues. Said by Andre Parrot (in Sumer, translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons, London, Thames & Hudson, 1960, p. 114, Plate 144) to be statue of Kurlil. -- h : 37.5 cm (London, British Museum 114207).
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4146
dc.identifier.otherWA-61
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201442
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period
dc.subjectsculpture
dc.subjectstone
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleTell 'Ubaid (Fara-Ur I period) : Seated figure, c. 2900-2460 BC, found not far from temple of Ninkhursanga, greenish-grey trachyte, a few traces of paint
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local.description.notesSource : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Figure 85

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