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Head of a female worshipper
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Early Dynastic Period
2900–2334 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width: 11 x 9.5 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Gallatin Cobb
Accession Number1970.600
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHead of a limestone statuette of a female worshipper in the northern Mesopotamian style. She wears a turban (that has been reworked). The eyes and eyebrows were originally inlaid. Part of an inscription is preserved on the right shoulder. Prominent citizens deposited figures, standing or seated with hands clasped, in temples as effigies of themselves in an attitude of permanent devotion to the deity.
Provenance1970, gift of Margaret Hoffman Gallatin Cobb (b. 1907 – d. 2010), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 1970)