Deity Holding a Foundation Peg

ca. 2100 BCE (Lagash II; Ur III [Neo-Sumerian])

4.3 cm 17.7 cm 7.2 cm

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A deity, wearing a divine horned headdress, kneels with a foundation peg inscribed with King Gudea's name. Though the inscription is mostly defaced, it was probably dedicated to Ningirsu, god of the city of Lagash.

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7006
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Joseph Brummer, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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8
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संस्कृति
Neo-Sumerian
माध्यम
cast bronze

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