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Uruk or Telloh (Fara-Ur I period, Ur I Phase) : Statuette of Diutu (or Salack, or Sa'ud), c. 2460 BC

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dc.contributor.authorStrommenger, Eva
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia (Uruk or Tell Telloh, Iraq)
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:56:06Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:56:06Z
dc.date.created1964
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:56:06Z
dc.descriptionPurchased on market. Eyes, etc., lack inlay. Diutu, whose inscription is engraved on the back of the figure, calls himself grandson of Lugalkisalesi, King of Uruk. This means that he probably lived at the time of Lugalzagesi, i.e. at the end of Ur I phase shortly before Sargon (Sharrukin) of Agade. His statuette is still entirely in the style of the Fara-Ur I period. This work, the only example of sculpture in the round certainly dating from a late stage of this period, is of importance as it shows a certain stiffening of the forms. See also : Andre Parrot, Sumer, translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons, London, Thames & Hudson, 1960, Figure 261, p. 212. -- limestone, h : 28 cm (Louvre, Paris AO 5681).
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4160
dc.identifier.otherWA-75
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201456
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.titleUruk or Telloh (Fara-Ur I period, Ur I Phase) : Statuette of Diutu (or Salack, or Sa'ud), c. 2460 BC
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource : Eva Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia, translated by Christina Haglund, London, Thames & Hudson, 1964, Illustration 104

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