Female head (Inanna?), from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), front view.
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Title |
Female head (Inanna?), from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), front view. |
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Alternative Title |
Face of a woman, from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq), front view. |
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Date |
3500-3000 BCE? |
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Cultural Context |
Near Eastern
Iraqi
Middle Eastern |
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Style/Period |
Sumerian
Near Eastern
Mesopotamian |
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Subject |
Sculpture
Figurines
Faces
Heads (Anatomy)
Women |
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Material |
Marble (rock)
Rock
White marble
Stone (rock) |
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Measurements |
Height approx. 8" (20.3 cm) |
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Technique |
Sculpting
Carving (processes) |
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Work Type |
Sculpture
Figurines
Heads (representations) |
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Repository |
Iraq Museum (Baghdad, Iraq) |
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Source |
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. New York: Abrams, 1995. (fig.2-6, p.68) |
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Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Stokstad courtesy: Iraq Museum, Baghdad. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 337-11.jpg |
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