Alabaster
circa 2500 BCE
Iraq
The British Museum
Details
Culture/Civilisation
Ancient Mesopotamia
Theme
Empire: Projecting Power
Subtheme
Do Empires Need Wars?
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Findspot
Iraq
Accession Number
1994,0620.1
Description
Stone wig with carved ears; row of bored holes near bottom edge; carved with elaborate patterns incised all over head depicting hair; incomplete; partially repaired from fragments; restored.
