Foundation figure of Ur-Namma holding a basket, Ur III, ca. 2112–2095 B.C., Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Copper alloy, H. 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.), Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, This solid-cast figurine shows a male figure, beardless and with a shaved head, carrying a basket filled with earth above his head. The basket may indicate that the figure is participating in ceremonial building activities, such as the ceremony for making the first brick which is recorded in texts from this period
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Foundation figure, Ur-Namma holding, basket, Ur III, ca, 2112–2095 B.C, Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Copper alloy, H, 27.3 cm, 10 3/4, Metalwork-Sculpture-Inscribed, solid-cast, figurine, male, beardless, shaved head, carrying, basket filled, earth, head, indicate, figure, participating, ceremonial building, activities, ceremony, first brick, recorded, texts, period
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