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Figura de un hombre de pie

ca. 2900–2600 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 202
Esta figura con manos entrelazadas y ojos desorbitados fue encontrada en un templo donde había sido enterrada ritualmente, junto con otras once figuras. Se cree que todas ellas representaban a adoradores de una divinidad, en perpetua oración ante su dios. En la gran cabeza destacan los ojos prominentes, incrustados con concha y piedra caliza negra. Dos trenzas estilizadas caen a ambos lados de una barba rectangular; tanto las trenzas como la barba conservan vestigios de la capa original de betún que sirvió para colorearlas. La estatua ejemplifica el estilo geométrico abstracto propio de algunas esculturas sumerias, que coexistían con otras obras más realistas del periodo dinástico arcaico.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Figura de un hombre de pie
  • Periodo: Periodo dinástico arcaico I–II
  • Fecha: ca. 2900–2600 a. C.
  • Geografía: Mesopotamia, excavada en Eshnunna (actual Tell Asmar)
  • Material: Piedra de yeso, concha, piedra caliza negra, betún
  • Dimensiones: a. 29,5 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Fletcher, 1940
  • Número de inventario: 40.156
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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