Mask of Warka (Lady of Uruk)

c. 3100 BC · Sumer

One of the earliest near life-size depictions of a human face, once inlaid with coloured eyes and brows. Stolen in 2003, it was found buried in an orchard and returned.

Date

c. 3100 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Uruk

Where it is today

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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