id: 140011
accession number: 1963.680
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Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash, 2144–2124 BCE. Mesopotamia, Iraq, Lagash (Tello). Dolerite; overall: 21 x 17.8 x 20.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1963.680
title: Head of Gudea, ensi of Lagash
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creation date: 2144–2124 BCE
creation date earliest: -2144
creation date latest: -2124
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Mesopotamia, Iraq, Lagash (Tello)
technique: dolerite
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Near Eastern Art
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 21 x 17.8 x 20.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 x 8 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
I. E. Gejou or Elias S. David
date: 1924-1938
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Feuerdent Collection
date: 1932-1946
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Elias S. David
date: 1946-1963
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RELATED WORKS
id: 138765
Statue of Gudea, c. 2144–2124 BCE. Mesopotamia, Neo-Sumerian, Iraq, Girsu. Dolerite; overall: 126 x 55 x 36 cm (49 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1963.154
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CITATIONS
Scheil, Vincent. "Nouvelles Statues de Gudea." Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archeologie Orientale, volume 27, no. 4 (1930): 161-166. pl. V.
page number: Mentioned on page 161-166, reproduced on plate 5
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Parrot, André. Tello; Vingt Campagnes de Fouilles (1877-1933). Paris: A. Michel (1948): 167-169.
page number: Mentioned on 167, reproduced on 169, pl. XVI, b
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Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Gudea, Patési of Lagash.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 9 (1963): 243–248.
page number: Mentioned on 244-248, reproduced on 244-246
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A. P. "Gudéa, Patesi de Lagash, dans The Cleveland Museum of Art, novembre 1963, pp.243-248." Syria 41, no. 1/2 (1964): 146–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4197449.
page number: Mentioned on 146-147
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n34
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n32
Cleveland Museum of Art, Weisberg, Gabriel P., and Janson, H. W. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art (1975): 29.
page number: Reproduced on page 29
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Johansen, Flemming. Statues of Gudea, Ancient and Modern. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1978): 27, 97-98.8-99.
page number: Mentioned on page 27, reproduced on page 98-99.
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Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. A Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. New York: Fairchild Publications (1989): 21.
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Reade, Julian. "Early monuments in Gulf stone at the British Museum, with observations on some Gudea statues and the location of Agade." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie 92 (2002): 276-284.
page number: Mentioned on 281 and 284
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