Male Worshiper, between 2500 and 2250 BC (Early Dynastic IIIb), made of calcite-alabaster, and currently located at the Walters Art Museum, USA. The shaven head, a sign of ritual purity, may identify this figure as a priest. A partially preserved inscription on one shoulder states that he prays to Ninshubur, the goddess associated with the planet Mercury.
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Male Worshiper, between 2500 and 2250 BC (Early Dynastic IIIb), made of calcite-alabaster, and currently located at the Walters Art Museum, USA.

The shaven head, a sign of ritual purity, may identify this figure as a priest. A partially preserved inscription on one shoulder states that he prays to Ninshubur, the goddess associated with the planet Mercury.

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