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- bibliography and image source:
Frankfort, Henri: Sculpture of the Third Millennium B.C. from Tell Asmar and Khafajah.
Oriental Institute Publications 44. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pl. 62a.
- copyright for image:
University of Chicago
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• museum number: IM19774
• excavation number: As. 33:307
• provenience: Tell Asmar
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 5
• material: Limestone, with bitumen inlays.
• date: Early Dynastic III (ca. 2400 BC)
• description:
Female head. Strip of mother-of-pearl in parting of hair; eyes lost. Bitumen on fringe of hair; hair at back of head modeled in bitumen
• status: unknown
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