Classification(s)
- Cuneiform
- Reproduction
- Sculpture
Statue of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, “The Architect with Ruler”
CultureNeo-Sumerian
PeriodUr III
Dateca. 2100 BCE
MediumDiorite (Plaster Reproduction)
Label TextGudea represented himself in this statue as an architect with his tools at the ready--a large unmarked tablet, a stylus, and a measuring -stick. Although the writing tablet is blank, the text inscribed on his fringed garment describes his construction of a temple for Gatumdu, the “mother of Lagash.”
DescriptionPainted plaster reproduction of the diorite original (AO3) in the Louvre, ParisFrom Tello (ancient Girsu), Iraq
Object number1891.20.23
Collections
- Mesopotamia
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