Man Carrying a Box
The Met Fifth Avenue Gallery 400
ca 2900-2600 BC. Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings. This figure of a nude man carrying a box on his head is a fine example of Sumerian sculpture in metal. Only certain categories of people were represented as nude in the Early Dynastic period: priests, athletes, mythological heroes, and prisoners of war.
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