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This votive stone mace head was polished and incised with four lines of cuneiform inscriptions. It was a dedication to the god Igalim by Gudea, ruler of Lagash.
Lagash II period, c. 2150 BCE. From Lagash, Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. The British Museum, London.
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