Fragmentary head of a worshiper

c. 2600–2500 BC · Sumer

Fragmentary head of a worshiper, from Sumer, dated c. 2600–2500 BC. It was found at Nippur. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 2600–2500 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Nippur

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Related pieces

• 
  c. 2700–2600 BC

  Ritual vessel or stand

• 
  c. 2600–2350 BC

  Foundation peg

• 
  c. 2700–2600 BC

  Ram amulet

• 
  c. 2600–2350 BC

  Inlay: skirt-clad figure carrying fish

• 
  c. 2600–2500 BC

  Eye inlay for a statue

• 
  c. 2600–2500 BC

  Scallop shell

All museum pieces