13 sett 2700 anni a. C. - Statues of Votive Figures

Descrizione:

Date: 2,700 BCE

Artist: unkown

Medium: Gypsum inlaid with shell and black
limestone

Location:
original: Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq
current: Iraq Museum, and
the University of Chicago

Function:
- portable
- job was to pray for the owner at all times
- big eyes for it to like at the gods

Form:
- detailed eyes created from Lapis Lazuli
- Faces and bodies in a V-shape with the skirt kicking out
- hands joined to show action of praying
- different design for each of the owners
- Men: bare upper chest, skirt form waist down, has a beard and belt
- Women: large dress that overlays one side of the shoulder

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