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Keywords: Sumerian - Male Worshiper - Walters 215 - Back.jpg The shaven head a sign of ritual purity may identify this figure as a priest A partially preserved inscription on one shoulder states that he prays to Ninshubur the goddess associated with the planet Mercury between 2500 2250 BC Early Dynastic IIIb calcite-alabaster cm 19 5 13 3 10 accession number 21 5 30863 Found at Bismya Sale Sothebys December 13 1928 no 41 Edgar J Banks January 4 1931 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1931 Translation Seven line inscription on shoulder and back For Ninshubur / / / / His statue / for his life / may it stand praying to Ninshubur Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Ur in present-day Iraq Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Sumer
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