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Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, “The Head with Turban”
Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, “The Head with Turban”
Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, “The Head with Turban”
Classification(s)
  • Sculpture
  • Reproduction

Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, “The Head with Turban”

CultureNeo-Sumerian
PeriodUr III
Dateca. 2100 BCE
MediumDiorite (Plaster Reproduction)
Dimensions27.5 × 25.5 cm
Label TextGudea’s statues were typically found headless decapitated and defaced. This head, which was also recovered at Tello, did not join any of the excavated, headless statues. The fur of the decorated cap appears as stylized circular curls in a grid pattern. The feather-shaped eyebrows meet at the ridge of his nose.
DescriptionPainted plaster reproduction of the diorite original (AO13) in the Louvre, Paris.
From Tello (ancient Girsu), Iraq.

Object number1891.20.3
Collections
  • Mesopotamia
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