Votive relief of Ur-Nanshe

c. 2550–2500 BC · Sumer

Votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, from Sumer, dated c. 2550–2500 BC. It was found at Girsu (Tello). Today it is kept at the Louvre, Paris.

Date

c. 2550–2500 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Girsu (Tello)

Where it is today

Louvre, Paris

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