Foundation Figure of King Shulgi of Ur (Illustration)

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 17 June 2014

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Foundation Figure of King Shulgi of Ur — Foundation figure of King Shulgi of Ur carrying a basket, copper, c. 2094–2047 BCE. Foundation figures were buried in the foundations of a temple and show the king carrying building materials for the temple. Building and restoring temples was a pious act expected of Mesopotamian kings of this period.

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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Metropolitan Museum of Art. Uploaded by Karen Barrett-Wilt, published on 17 June 2014 under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Art, M. M. O. (2014, June 17). Foundation Figure of King Shulgi of Ur. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/2694/

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