Description

During the 1930/1931 season, archaeologists from the Oriental Institute found three bronze/copper statuettes in one of the rooms of the first Temple Oval at Khafajah. The largest statuette is now in the National Museum, Baghdad. The two smaller statuettes are both held by the Oriental Institute. The naked male figures, which are thought to represent heroes, are each set on a four-legged stand. It is likely that they were used to support offerings placed before an altar or cult statue.

Collected by
Excavated by The Oriental Institute
Henri Frankfort, Field Director of the Iraq Expedition, 1930/1931.

Current Location
The Oriental Institute Museum
Mesopotamian Gallery Case 31
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Bibliographic citations:

1: OIP XLIV, pp. 11-12, 41-42, 76:183; pl. 102d-f
2: OIP LIII, pp. 157, 165 & figs. 28-29
3: OIP LX, p. 23:183
4: OIC 13, pp. 75-78
5: ILN, October 8, 1932, p. 528 fig. 8