Female Worshipper-
Uruk
Female
Worshipper, Susa
Louvre
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Female Worshipper
Susa, Uruk
circa 3300 BC
Statuette, alabaster
H 11.5 cm; L 4.5 cm
Sb 69
Description
"The adoption of an urban Sumerian-type civilization led the Susians to create art forms that were later to become classical. Breaking with the purely decorative stylization of the pre-historic periods, they adopted realism as a new ideal. It was thus that the small statues of devotees, both delicate and full of humor, kneeling in their gown according to the tradition proper to the Iranian world." - Louvre
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