Female Worshipper
Susa, Uruk
circa 3300 BC
Statuette, alabaster
H 11.5 cm; L 4.5 cm
Sb 69
Description
"The adoption of an urban Sumerian-type civilization led the
Susians to create art forms that were later to become classical.
Breaking with the purely decorative stylization of the pre-historic
periods, they adopted realism as a new ideal. It was thus that the
small statues of devotees, both delicate and full of humor, kneeling
in their gown according to the tradition proper to the Iranian
world."
- Louvre