Male Worshiper

2500-2250 BCE (Early Dynastic IIIb)

13.3 cm 19.5 cm 10 cm

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The shaven head, a sign of ritual purity, may identify this figure as a priest. A partially preserved inscription on one shoulder states that he prays to Ninshubur, the goddess associated with the planet Mercury.

Sculpture

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[Found at Bismya]; Sale, Sothebys, December 13, 1928, no, 41; Edgar J. Banks, January 4, 1931, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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