Foundation figure of king Shulgi of Ur, carrying a basket

Medium

Copper

Dimensions

12 1/4 × 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (31.1 × 8.8 × 5.6 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Sculpture

Culture & Period

Neo-Sumerian · Ur III

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1959

Accession Number

59.41.1

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