Seated Gudea as Ensi (governor) of Lagash; detail showing cuneiform inscriptions on garment, identifying subject as “The man who built the temple”

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Title
Seated Gudea as Ensi (governor) of Lagash; detail showing cuneiform inscriptions on garment, identifying subject as “The man who built the temple”
Main Entry
Mesopotamia (Neo-Sumerian)
Medium
diorite
Location 1
Metropolitan Museum of Art [#59.2],
Location 2
New York
ID
NE209
Photo Date
November 1999
Major Division
Ancient
Chronology/Culture
Near East

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1792 x 2948
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Record
NE209
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/aict/x-ne209/ne209

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