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Limestone statue of a Sumerian female in a gesture of prayer. The eye sockets were filled in with white shell set in bitumen. She wears a Sumerian garment with a bare right shoulder. Front view. From the Temple of Sin, Khafajah (also Khafaje; ancient Tutub), Dyala Governorate, Iraq; excavated by the Oriental Institute (Chicago), 4th season, 1933/1934 CE. Early Dynastic III, c. 2400 BCE. (The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraqi Kurdistan).
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, December 10). Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Front View]. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9674/
Amin, Osama S. M. "Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Front View]." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 10, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/9674/.
Amin, Osama S. M. "Statue of a Female Sumerian Worshipper from Khafajah [Front View]." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 10 Dec 2018. Web. 04 Mar 2021.
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