SculptureSumerian3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Female Mask with One Inlaid Eye

c. 2000 BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Faience with black bitumen inlay

Culture

Sumerian

Period

Early Dynastic III period

Century

3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.5 x 3.8 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

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