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Standing Male Worshiper 7 1/2" |
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Ambassador to the Divine
Serving the same purpose as a votive candle, he kept the prayers active in the mind of Deity.
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his Sumerian figure was found before the devotional image of a Mesopotamian God. His supplicating pose, with clasped hands and wide-eyed gaze, is meant to act as a constant reminder of the requests made by the person who placed him there.
This standing worshiper, was found in the "Square Temple" at Tell Asmar, perhaps dedicated to the god Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C.E. Similar statues were often inscribed with the names of rulers and their families in order to pray perpetually on behalf of the person it represented.
[Eshnunna, Sumer, 2750 B.C.E. central Mesopotamia]
7 1/2" resin statue, antique stone color finish. #SMW
see also Middle Eastern items
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