Official or display statue excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Museum Collection(s)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USAMuseum Number
WAM 21.0005Period
ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)Provenience
Adab (mod. Bismaya)Artifact Type
StatueMaterial(s)
StoneGenre / Subgenre(s)
Official or display (witness)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
195.0 mm × 133.0 mm
| Genre(s) | Official or display (witness) |
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| Language(s) | Sumerian |
| Period | ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) |
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| Dates Referenced | 00.00.00.00 |
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P222914
P218314
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| LOD URI | https://cdli.network/entity/P222914 |
statue
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Statue statue
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| Dimensions | 195.0 mm × 133.0 mm |
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| Material(s) | Stone |
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Alabaster. Face is damaged, left eye and nose are chipped. Hands folded at midriff. Lower edge is cut back for insertion (composite sculpture) w/ a rectangular dowel hole at the center. The eyes, eyebrows were inlaid. Neck has been repaired. There is a cu
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| Provenience | Adab (mod. Bismaya) |
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| Collection(s) |
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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| Museum Number | WAM 21.0005 |
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| External Resource | Identifiers |
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| Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) | P222914 |
primary: RIME 1, 15.add061.01, ex. 01
history: Braun-Holzinger Beterstatuetten, p. 74 and 83
history: OrAn 23, p. 159 ff.
history: Fertile Crescent, p. 6 no.7
history: J.V. Canby “Art of Sumer and Akkad” in Walters B, Supplement No. 1 (February 1970) cat. no. 5
history: the Ancient Near East, WAG Picture Book (1974) no. 3
history: FAOS 5/2, Anonym 03
citation: Michalowski CDLJ 2003/3
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-09-28 at 19:05:40 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-28 at 14:48:53 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-09-27 at 13:50:10 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-25 at 16:35:20 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2024-07-10 at 10:22:24 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 2023-06-14 at 12:21:25 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact metadata | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | Approved |
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| 2014-11-28 at 19:28:39 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-08-12 at 14:04:01 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Transliteration | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2008-10-09 at 16:05:17 | Foxvog, Daniel A. | Transliteration | Foxvog, Daniel A. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2007-02-12 at 22:49:57 | Johnson, J. Cale | Transliteration | Johnson, J. Cale | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:35:25 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale | CDLI | Approved |
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note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-17]},
year = {2024},
month = {sep 28},
title = {RIME 1.15.add061.01, ex. 01 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P222914},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P222914},
}
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