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Art of the First Cities
Death and Burial: Western Central Asia

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Composite seated female figure, late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C. Western Central Asia, Gonur-depe, Tomb 1799. Steatite or chlorite; H. without head: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); W. 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.). The National Museum of Turkmenistan Named After Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, Ashgabat.