Alabaster statuette (height: 46 cm), depicting a bearded bald-headed man, most likely a priest/man of a high rank. He clasps his hands in a prayer attitude. The upper part of the body is naked, while the lower half is covered by a sheepskin skirt. It was found in the anteroom to the cella of archaic Ishtar Temple in the city of Ashur. From Ashur, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Early dynastic period, c. 2400 BCE.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin.
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