Base and feet of a worshipper
Many Early Dynastic dedicatory statues stand with their left foot forward, but there are many exceptions to this rule, especially when the feet and legs are carved against a back support. This base for a missing statue depicts two feet side-by-side. However, they are carved in the round. The details of the toes and nails are very finely modeled. A mortise hole in the back of the base suggests that this was part of a composite statue in which the figure was constructed from separate pieces of carved stone fitted together with pegs and dowels.
Artwork Details
- Title: Base and feet of a worshipper
- Period: Early Dynastic IIIb
- Date: ca. 2500–2350 BCE
- Geography: Mesopotamia, Nippur
- Culture: Sumerian
- Medium: Gypsum alabaster
- Dimensions: 2 x 3 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (5.1 x 9.4 x 11 cm)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.41.12
- Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art
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