SculptureSumerian3rd millennium BCE

Fragment of Carved Drapery from a Votive Statuette

c. 2600-2300 BCE

Description

Limestone fragment resembling a seashell has incised lines on one side probably indicating drapery. Other sides are rough without detail.

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Carved

Medium

Limestone

Culture

Sumerian

Period

Early Dynastic III period

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.89 x 5.59 x 3.06 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Acquired by the donor over the last thirty years as gifts from a dealers.

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