Sumerian worshipper statues

c. 2900–2550 BC · Sumer

Small statues of men and women with clasped hands and wide eyes, placed in temples to pray on their owners’ behalf.

Date

c. 2900–2550 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Tell Asmar

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Related pieces

• 
  c. 3200–3000 BC

  Proto-cuneiform tablet

• 
  c. 2400 BC

  Head of a male worshipper from Tell Asmar

• 
  c. 2600–2370 BC

  Statuette of a Sumerian female worshipper

• 
  c. 2900–2600 BC

  Standing male worshiper

• 
  c. 2800–2400 BC

  Seated Sumerian worshipper

• 
  c. 2800–2400 BC

  Male worshipper from the Abu Temple

All museum pieces