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Three Statuettes

ViewTotal from front center
SiteTell Asmar, Sumeria
LocationIraq
Dateca. 2600 BC
SubjectSculpture
PeriodAncient Near Eastern
Materialstone
CollectionUnited States, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Inv. No.62.70.2, 40.156
Saskia No.Jii-0589
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 2, plate 5
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 4, plate 7
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 3, plate 6
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 12, plate 6
 Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 2, plate 12
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 2, plate 9