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This is my favorite Sumerian artifact.
A so-called “devotional statue,” it dates to 2600 B.C., representing what scholars believe is a married couple. This statue was found buried beneath the floor of a shrine at Nippur in Iraq and measures at little more than 4 inches high. The couple originally had feet, and the figures have eyes made of shell and lapis lazuli set in bitumen, a natural cement-like substance.
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Music excerpt
is the song “Glad”
by David Byrne from his
album, Grown Backwards.
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This is my favorite Sumerian artifact.
A so-called “devotional statue,” it dates to 2600 B.C., representing what scholars believe is a married couple. This statue was found buried beneath the floor of a shrine at Nippur in Iraq and measures at little more than 4 inches high. The couple originally had feet, and the figures have eyes made of shell and lapis lazuli set in bitumen, a natural cement-like substance.
***
Music excerpt
is the song “Glad”
by David Byrne from his
album, Grown Backwards.
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