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Three statuettes, Votive, Sumerian, C. 3,000-2,800 B.C. London, British Museum

Photograph
ca. 1920s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
British Museum (photographed)

Three mounted sepia-coloured photographs (?) of three statuettes with printed descriptions in French.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Archaeology
Object type
Photograph
TitleThree statuettes, Votive, Sumerian, C. 3,000-2,800 B.C. London, British Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print (?)
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photographs (?) of three statuettes, Votive, Sumerian, C. 3,000-2,800 B.C. London, British Museum, gelatin silver print (?), ca. 1920s
Physical description
Three mounted sepia-coloured photographs (?) of three statuettes with printed descriptions in French.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 26.5cm
  • Mount width: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Statuettes, Votive, Sumerian, C. 3,000-2,800 B.C. London, British Museum. Left (1): "SCULPTURE SUMÈRIENNE DE HAUTE ÈPOQUE EN RONDE-BOSSE; statue de Kour-lil, provenant d'al-U'baid, et autres statues plus petites.", Middle (2): "EARLY SUMERIAN SCUPTURE: Portrait-figure of a priestess (?) and smaller objects. LÈON MAROTTE PARIS", Right (3): "PL. IV"; Reverse side: "See Hall (H.R.): Babylonian + Assyrian Sculpture in British Museum, 1928 Pl. 4"'
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Subject depicted
Statuettes
Places depicted
British Museum
Mesopotamia
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
2210-1930

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Record createdApril 14, 2014
Record URL
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