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The Tell Asmar Hoard (Early Dynastic I-II, c. 2900–2550 BC) are a collection of twelve statues unearthed in 1933 at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Despite subsequent finds at this site and others throughout the greater Mesopotamian area, they remain the definitive example of the abstract style of Early ...
English: Sumerian Statues of worshippers (males and females) from Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna; the Square Tempe)) and Khafajah (ancient Tutub; from the Sin Temple) of Diyala region, Mesopotamia, Iraq. Early Dynastic period, c. 2800-2400 BCE.
Most of the Sumerian and Akkadian statues of figures are in a position of prayer. The main types of stone used are limestone and alabaster . Zainab Bahrani said that visual art in Babylonia and Assyria was not intended to simply imitate or replicate reality, the goal was to produce a representation that acted as a stand-in or substitute for the ...
Sumerian dignitary, Uruk, circa 3300-3000 BCE. National Museum of Iraq. [3] [4] Fragment of a Bull Figurine from Uruk, c. 3000 BCEVotive sculptures in the form of small animal figurines have been found at Uruk, using a style mixing naturalistic and abstract elements in order to capture the spiritual essence of the animal, rather than depicting an entirely anatomically accurate figure.
Gudea (Sumerian: 𒅗𒌤𒀀, Gu 3-de 2-a) was a Sumerian ruler of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled c. 2080 –2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC (middle chronology).
English: Stone statue of Kurlil Early Dynastic III 2500 BC Tell Al-'Ubaid, Iraq. This statue, found beside the ruins of the Ninhursag temple, is typical of Sumerian votive or worshipper figurines dedicated in temples on behalf of their donors.
From southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Pergamon Museum. Approximately twenty-seven statues of Gudea have been found in southern Mesopotamia. Gudea was a ruler of the state of Lagash between c. 2144 BC and 2124 BC, and the statues demonstrate a very sophisticated level of craftsmanship for that time. The known statues have been named by ...
The statue of Entemena has a very long cuneiform inscription on the side (right arm) and on the back. [2] It includes the names and titles of Entemena, and the mention "Enlil (the supreme Sumerian god) loves Entemena". [19] The statue was housed in the National Museum of Iraq. In May 2003 the statue was stolen during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.