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Foundation figure of Ur-Namma holding a basket, Ur III, ca. 2112–2095 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Copper alloy, H. 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.), Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, This solid-cast figurine shows a male figure, beardless and with a shaved head, carrying a basket filled with earth above his head. The basket may indicate that the figure is participating in ceremonial building activities, such as the ceremony for making the first brick which is recorded in texts from this period.

Foundation figure of Ur-Namma holding a basket, Ur III, ca. 2112–2095 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Copper alloy, H. 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.), Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, This solid-cast figurine shows a male figure, beardless and with a shaved head, carrying a basket filled with earth above his head. The basket may indicate that the figure is participating in ceremonial building activities, such as the ceremony for making the first brick which is recorded in texts from this period.
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Caption: Foundation figure of Ur-Namma holding a basket, Ur III, ca. 2112–2095 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Copper alloy, H. 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.), Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, This solid-cast figurine shows a male figure, beardless and with a shaved head, carrying a basket filled with earth above his head. The basket may indicate that the figure is participating in ceremonial building activities, such as the ceremony for making the first brick which is recorded in texts from this period
Personalities: NEO-SUMERIAN
Credit: Album / quintlox
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Image size: 3299 × 6208 px | 58.6 MB
Print size: 27.9 × 52.6 cm | 1298.8 × 2444.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 10 3/4 • 2112–2095 B. C • 27.3 CM • ACTIVITIES • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • BASKET FILLED • BASKET • BASKETS • BEARDLESS • CARRYING • CEREMONIAL BUILDING • CEREMONY • COPPER ALLOY • EARTH • FIGURE • FIGURINE • FIRST BRICK • FOUNDATION FIGURE • H • H. • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • INDICATE • MALE • MASCULINE • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • METALWORK-SCULPTURE-INSCRIBED • NEO-SUMERIAN • PARTICIPATING • PERIOD • RECORDED • SHAVED HEAD • SOLID-CAST • TEXTS • UR III • UR-NAMMA HOLDING • ÇA