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Head of Gudea in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2020

Head of Gudea in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2020
Head of Gudea
ca. 2090 B.C.

Neo-Sumerian


Object Details

Title: Head of Gudea

Period: Neo-Sumerian

Date: ca. 2090 B.C.

Geography: Mesopotamia, probably from Girsu (modern Tello)

Culture: Neo-Sumerian

Medium: Diorite

Dimensions: H. 10 1/16 x W. 7 9/16 x D. 9 15/16 in. (25.5 x 19.2 x 25.3 cm)

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1949

Accession Number: 49.26

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324061

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