Illustration
Limestone statue of a Sumerian female. The head/neck, both arms and forearms, and the feet are lost. Only the clasped hands (in a gesture of prayer), in front of the lower chest, have survived. The upper half of the body is naked; the breasts are small but prominent. The figure wears the Sumerian kilt, wrapped around the waist. Donated by an unidentified person to the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad; unknown date. IM47182, SM182; the statue was not marked with the Khafajah's "Kh" excavation number of the Oriental Institute. From Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient Tutub), Dyala Governorate, Iraq. Early Dynastic Period, 2900-2350 BCE. (The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, December 09). Kilted Woman from Khafajah. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9690/kilted-woman-from-khafajah/
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