Word: gudea
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...great exception to the rule was the master statesman Gudea, of whom 30-odd statues have been found-"the most impressive body of sculpture," says Parrot, "erected at the behest of a single man in a single space." But even Gudea has his hands clasped, for to the Sumerians the human figure was always the worshiper. Art was a bridge between the ephemeral and the eternal; a statue was, in fact, a liberation from the world of men to the world beyond...
Carved out of black diorite, the statue shows Gudea, an ancient ruler in Southern Babylonia, seated on a stool, clasping his hands over his breast...
Most important of the purchases of the Semitic Museum in recent years is a small statue of Gudea, which dates from before 2300 B.C., Robert Henry Pfeiffer, curator of the museum anounced in his annual report to President Conant...
...Gudea, ruler of Lagash, the faithful shepherd of the god Ningirau, who reorganized the sacred rites...
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