Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Object type: Sculpture
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Neo-Sumerian
Period: Neo-Sumerian
Date: ca. 2090 BCE
Medium: Diorite
Dimensions: 17 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (44 x 21.5 x 29.5 cm)
Classification: Stone-Sculpture-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Girsu (modern Tello)
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Men