Statue of Prince Gudea with a Vase of Flowing Water

Statue of Prince Gudea with a Vase of Flowing Water, Neo-Sumerian period, 
reign of Gudea, about 2120 BC, dolerite, probably found at Girsu (Tello, Iraq)

Musée du Louvre, Department of Near Eastern Antiquities, Paris. Gift of Boisgelin, 1967 (de Clercq collection). Image © Musée du Louvre, dist. RMN-GP / Raphaël Chipault / Art Resource, NY