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Object Type
Museum number: 90828
Description: Limestone statue of a beardless seated man; carved with inscription; missing the head.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2500BC
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Abu Habba (Sippar)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 34 centimetres; Length: 24 centimetres; Width: 22 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Delougaz P & Lloyd S 1942a / Pre-Sargonic Temples in the Diyala (p.297); Sollberger E & Kupper J R 1971a / Inscriptions royales sumériennes et akkadiennes (IG3a); Braun-Holzinger 1977a / Frühdynastiche Beterstatuetten (74-75, 84); Walker CBF & Collon 1980a / Hormuzd Rassam's excavations for the British Museum at Sippar in 1881-1882 (p.96, pl. 25); Reade 1993a / Hormuzd Rassam and his discoveries (p.56, fig.19); Reade 2000b / Early Dynastic statues in the British Museum (p.82); Marchesi & Marchetti 2011 / Royal Statuary of Early Dynastic Mesopotamia (pl.43.7-8)
Location: On display (G56/dc4)
Exhibition history: The Ishtar Temple - Institute Du Monde Arabe, Paris January - May 2014
Associated names: Named in inscription: Shamash; Named in inscription: Iku-Shamash; Named in inscription: Arra'Il
Acquisition date: 1882
Acquisition notes: Rassam inventories, p.70; probably acquired in 1882; see corr. 1868-1881, Rassam 4/(10/81)
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 90828
Registration number: 1883,0120.2
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 12146 (other big.no)

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