Foundation figure of Ur-Nammu [sculpture]. [between 2112 B.C. and 2095 B.C.]

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Foundation figure of Ur-Nammu [sculpture]. [between 2112 B.C. and 2095 B.C.]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270906563

Man (probably intended to represent Ur-Nammu) nude from the waist upwards, with head and face shaved and with both arms raised to steady a basket of building materials carried on the head.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7225947

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Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913

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