• Statues of votive figures
  • c. 2700 B.C.E
  • Limestone with inlaid shell in eyes
  • Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq)

votive

Statues of Votive Figures

  • Found in ziggurat temples
    • Mainly placed in cella, found buried beneath the floor of a temple at Eshhunna
  • Meant to worship gods
    • Offerings to god, size indicated hierarchal structure and power of patron
  • Contained liquids, pouring of libations

Form

  • large eyes to have the ability to look at the gods