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Royal head

Royal head

statue · diorite · 2,000 BCE

Sculpture fragment of the head of a prince, often incorrectly identified with Hammurabi, but whose reign was likely anterior given the beard and hairstyle.

material
diorite
held at
Louvre Museum · art museum
inv. no.
Sb 95

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found at
Susa
now in
Louvre Museum