English: object type: portrait statuette

- description: Gudea standing, beardless, in long dress, hands folded (for prayer). Gudea was the third king of the second dynasty of Lagash, ruling 2141-2122 (or 2122-2102 or 2080-2060) BC. The statuette was dedicated by a certain Geshtinanna according to the cuneiform inscriptions. - production place: Lagash - period / date: early bronze age, Neo-Sumerian period, ca. 2100 BC - material: steatite (?) - height: 63 cm - findspot: southern Mesopotamia - museum / inventory number: Kopenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

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