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Head of Gudea
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Neo-Sumerian Period, Reign of Gudea
2144–2124 B.C.
Object Place: Iraq, Probably Tello
Medium/Technique
Diorite
Dimensions
Height: 23.18 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number26.289
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHead of Gudea in smooth, polished diorite, wearing a turban surrounded by tight, stylized curls.
ProvenanceBy 1865-1870, purchased in Baghdad by Thomas Kerr Lynch (b. 1818 – d. 1891), Baghdad and London [see note 1]; 1891, by descent within the family; 1924, sold by the Lynch family, through Ibrahim Élias (J. E.) Géjou, Paris, to Feuardent Frères, Paris; 1926, sold by Feuardent Frères to the MFA for $25,158.75. (Accession Date: December 2, 1926)
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from E.A. Wallis Budge to C.H. Hawes of the MFA (February 5, 1927).
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from E.A. Wallis Budge to C.H. Hawes of the MFA (February 5, 1927).