Statue representing Iku-Shamagan, king of Mari. He stands on a circular plinth in the attitude of adoration. He clasps his hands against his bare chest. He is dressed in a Kaunakes kilt. The head is bald, the beard is long, and the eyes and eyebrows are encrusted with mother-of-pearl, bitumen, and lapis lazuli. The feet are unshod. A cuneiform inscription on the back gives the name of the character. Found in the Temple of Ishtarat.
Provenance: Mari.
Era: Beginning of the second millennium BCE.
Substance: alabaster.
Dimensions: height 115 cm, width 37 cm.
Text: ʿAdnān al-Jundī.
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Catalogue du Musée National de Damas. Publication de la Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées. Damas 1969.
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