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Title: Head of Gudea
Period: Neo-Sumerian
Date: ca. 2090 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia, probably from Girsu (modern Tello)
Culture: Neo-Sumerian
Medium: Diorite
Dimensions: H. 10 1/16 x W. 7 9/16 x D. 9 15/16 in. (25.5 x 19.2 x 25.3 cm)
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.26
“Art of the Ancient Near East.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 4, 1949–September 5, 1949.
“Origin and Influence, Cultural Contacts: Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and the Classical World.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 18, 1970–April 23, 1971.
"Five Thousand Years of Faces." Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, January 30-July 30, 1983.
“La Condición Humana: El Sueño de una Sombra.” Museu d’Historia de la Ciutat, Barcelona, May 9, 2004–September 24, 2004.
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