Category:Bust of a praying figure-AO 19071

**Bust of a praying figure**
	object at Louvre Museum
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Instance of	sculpture;
Made from material	seashell; bitumen;
Location	Room 234, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Location of discovery	temple of Ishtar;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 19071 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	3rd millennium BC (before 2400 BC, after 2500 BC);
Width	12.6 cm;
Height	14.8 cm;
Horizontal depth	8.8 cm;
Authority file
	Q112288140; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010120556
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Bust of a praying figure-AO 19071

Bust of a praying figure

Artist

Unknown author

Title

Bust of a praying figure

Object type

sculpture

Date

between 2500 and 2400 BC

Medium

alabaster and seashell

Dimensions

height: 14.8 cm (5.8 in); width: 12.6 cm (4.9 in); depth: 8.8 cm (3.4 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Mésopotamie, room 1b: Mésopotamie archaïque. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 19071

Place of discovery

temple of Ishtar

Object history

19335-1936: excavated by André Parrot.

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 638

Authority file

: Q112288140
Louvre: 010120556

Media in category "Bust of a praying figure-AO 19071"

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Bust of a praying figure-AO 19071-IMG 6841.JPG 3,744 × 5,616; 7.07 MB
Bust of a praying figure-AO 19071-IMG 6842.JPG 3,744 × 5,616; 2.12 MB
Orant aux mains jointes, AO 19071 (16231487912).jpg 2,940 × 3,168; 1.12 MB

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Media in category "Bust of a praying figure-AO 19071"

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