SculptureHurrian2nd millennium BCE
Woman in Attitude of Prayer, from Nuzi's Ishtar Chapel Room S111
15th-first half 14th century BCE
Dimensions
11.65 x 3.3 x 2 cm (4 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Excavated from Yorghan Tepe, Iraq in November 1928; Original Field Catalogue Entry: 28.11.368 "bronze figurine. complete; 111."
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