Statues of votive figures
Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian.c. 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone. ALABASTAR FIGURES BURIED IN FLOOR OF TEMPLE 12 IN TOTAL, MOST MALE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA EXPRESSION OF EARLY DYNASTIC SUMERIAN ART TEMPLE DEDICATED TO ABU DEVELOPED CITY TRANSITIONAL PERIOD RIGHT AFTER BRONZE AGE, CIVILIZATIONS FOUNDED WIDE EYES, ATTENTIVE LOOKING AT SCULPTURE OF GOD CONTINUALLY ATTENTIVE TO GOD STANDS ERECT HANDS CLASPED TOGETHER BROAD SHOULDERS, FRONTALITY HAIR PARTED AT CENTER WAVES, BRAIDS FINE INCISING AT BOTTOM OF HIS SKIRT CYLINDRICAL INLAID SHELL EYES BLACK LIMESTONE PUPILS VOTIVE IMAGES, WORSHIPPERS; NO KINGS DEPICTED SYMBOL OF PEOPLE; DOESNT LITERALLY REFLECT A PERSON HUMBLE V-SHAPED TORSO GEOMETRIC PATTERNING UNNATURALISTIC OBTUSE NOSE STATIC, SYMMETRICAL GIVES SENSE OF TIMELESSNESS FOREVER OFFERING PRAYERS TO THE GOD