Diorite Statue I, LouvreStatue O in CopenhagenStatue P at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtLimestone statue of Gudea. From Girsu, Iraq. 2144–2124 BC. Extensively reconstructed. Ancient Orient Museum, IstanbulLimestone head of Gudea, 2144-2124 BC. From southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Pergamon Museum
Approximately twenty-seven statues of Gudea have been found in southern Mesopotamia.
Gudea was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash between c. 2144 BC and 2124 BC, and the statues demonstrate a very sophisticated level of craftsmanship for that time.
The known statues have been named by archaeologists as "A" to "Z" and "AA".
Many statues are headless, and there are also detached heads.
Gudea is named in the dedicatory inscription carved on most statues, but in some cases the identity of the ruler portrayed is uncertain.
Approximately twenty-seven statuesofGudea have been found in southern Mesopotamia. Gudea was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash between c. 2144 BC...
Lagash Gudea (Sumerian: 𒅗𒌤𒀀, Gu3-de2-a) was a ruler (ensi) of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled c. 2080–2060 BC (short chronology)...
from Thebes", Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt. 2124 BC: Gudea, ruler (ensi) of Lagash, dies. c. 2120 BC: Votive statueofGudea from Lagash (Iraq) is made. 2119...
his reign and an untold number ofstatuesofGudea. A number of cuneiform tablets of an administrative nature, from Gudea's rule were found at nearby Girsu...
patron of new temples early in the period, and an unprecedented 26 statuesofGudea, mostly rather small, have survived from temples, beautifully executed...
(20.4 in), although this does not agree with other evidence from the statuesofGudea from the same region, five centuries later. Rulers made from ivory...
colossal sculpture in situ Mannequin Living statue Memorial Monument StatuesofGudea, c. 2100 BC Statuette Stone carving Stone sculpture Venus figurines...
standing poses, though seated statues were already known in Mesopotamian art, for example about a dozen statuesofGudea, who ruled Lagash c. 2144 – 2124...
by their distinctive features. The 28 surviving rather small statuesofGudea, ruler of Lagash in Sumer between c. 2144–2124 BC, show a consistent appearance...
Gudea cylinders The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to c. 2125 BC, on which is written in cuneiform a Sumerian myth called the...
have 27 surviving statuesofGudea, who ruled Lagash c. 2144–2124 BCE. In ancient Greece and Rome, the erection of a portrait statue in a public place...
Babylonia, in place of the relief, there was greater use of three-dimensional figures—the earliest examples being the StatuesofGudea, that are realistic...
the textual sources on building construction and associated rituals, are Gudea's cylinders from the late 3rd millennium, as well as the Assyrian and Babylonian...
bringing to light monuments of the pre-Semitic age; these included the diorite statuesofGudea now in the Louvre, the stone of which, according to the inscriptions...
statueof Ur-Ningirsu. Seal ofGudea depicting him being led by Ningishzida (figure with snakes emerging from his shoulders) Detail, headless statue dedicated...
3500–3050 BC; height: 13 cm (5 in); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (US) StatueofGudea I, dedicated to the god Ningishzida; 2120 BC (the Neo-Sumerian...
Pyramid of Pepi II 2200 BC – The StatuesofGudea and the Alaca Höyük bronze standards 2250 BC – The Bassetki Statue and the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin...
Syria); Louvre Fragment of a bas-relief with goddess Ninsun; 2255–2040 BC; steatite; height: 14 cm; Louvre StatueofGudea O; circa 2100 BC; steatite;...
deity of Lagash and closely associated with its kings. She was initially worshiped only in this city and in NINA, but during the reign ofGudea a temple...
earliest known usages of the term Anunnaki come from inscriptions written during the reign ofGudea (c. 2144–2124 BC) and the Third Dynasty of Ur. In the earliest...
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