File:Sumerian - Male Worshiper - Walters 215 (2).jpg

Summary

Male Worshiper (

)

Artist

Anonymous (Sumer)

Title

Male Worshiper

Description

English: The shaven head, a sign of ritual purity, may identify this figure as a priest. A partially preserved inscription on one shoulder states that he prays to Ninshubur, the goddess associated with the planet Mercury.

Date

between 2500 and 2250 BC (Early Dynastic IIIb)

Medium

calcite-alabaster

Dimensions

height: 19.5 cm (7.6 in); width: 13.3 cm (5.2 in); depth: 10 cm (3.9 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

21.5

Place of creation

Ur (in present-day Iraq) (?)

Object history

[Found at Bismya]
Sale, Sothebys, December 13, 1928, no, 41
Edgar J. Banks, January 4, 1931, by purchase
1931: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Exhibition history

Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.

Credit line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931

Inscriptions

[Translation] Seven line inscription on shoulder and back: (For) Ninshubur / [...] / [...] / [...] / His statue, / for his life, / may it stand (praying to Ninshubur).

Source

Walters Art Museum:

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