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Base and feet of a standing figure

Period:: Early Dynastic IIIb
Date:: ca. 2500–2350 B.C.
Geography:: Mesopotamia, Nippur
Culture:: Sumerian
Medium:: Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions:: 2 x 3 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (5.1 x 9.4 x 11 cm)
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1959
Accession Number:: 59.41.12

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 403

Provenance

1957-58, excavated on behalf of the Joint Expedition to Nippur (Baghdad School of the American Schools of Oriental Research and The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago); acquired by the Museum in 1958, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations.
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