Salon 1, catalog no. 2

• Early Dynastic 2900- 2600 B.C.

 

• Mesopotamia

 

• Man Carrying A Box, Possibly For Offerings

 

• Sumerian

 

• Represents a priest carrying offerings having to do with the temple foundation deposit or offering that has to do with the temple

 

• Interested in how it is freestanding, legs are separated and skinny, arms are not attached to the body and are also skinny

 

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