Gypsum
H: 9.45 cm
Provenance: no indication; probably Diyala Valley (Khafaje?)
Sumerian
Early Dynastic II/III. 2700-2500 B.C.
Condition: whole lower part of body, right arm from below the shoulder, left shoulder and arm missing. Tip of nose chipped. Eyes probably once inlaid with shell fixed on bitumen, and possibly also inlaid the deeply grooved central hair parting. Weathered surface, mottled light honey and white.
For the type, see a comparison for this votary in the bust in the Pennsylvania University Museum [1].
1 37.15.38, said to be from Khafaje, 2700-2600 B.C.
