Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 B.C.
Foundation Figure in the Form of a Peg Surmounted by the Bust of King Ur-Namma, Neo- Sumerian, Ur III period, reign of Ur-Namma, ca. 2112–2094 B.C. Inscribed in Sumerian, To Inanna the lady of Eanna, his lady, Ur-Namma the mighty king, King of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, her temple he built, to its place he restored it. Copper alloy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore, 1947; 47.49