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Standing conjurer with our reconstruction. Said to be from Larsa. H. 12.6 cm. 2000-1760 BCE. VA 8791 © Olaf M. Teßmer, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Vorderasiatisches Museum, and A. Nunn/H. Piening

Like other ancient sculpture, Mesopotamian statues were painted. Small traces can now be analyzed with scientific techniques and help explain Mesopotamian concepts such as “posit

Kneeling statue of Hatshepsut found buried in a pit in front of her temple (in the so-called ‘Senenmut Quarry’), after being smashed into pieces under the reign of Thutmosis III. New York, MMA 29.3.1. Granite. H. 261; W. 80; D. 137 cm. Systematic targets on Hatshepsut’s statues are the uraeus, nose and beard, as well as the wrists. The statues are also usually beheaded. Attacks on the eyes, visible on this statue, are less frequent. (Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA excavations, 1927–28, Rogers Fund.)

April 22, 2021

By ANE Today Editor

Art Egypt Monuments

Condemning Statues

April 2021 | Vol. 9.4 By Simon Connor The summer of 2020 gave us the occasion to observe a phenomenon as old as the hills and yet more witnessed than ever in the current climate: t

Mesopotamian Sculpture in Color

Condemning Statues