Votive Statue of a Babylonian King

Votive statue of a Babylonian king, about 2450 B.C.  Found in southern Babylonia; now in the Louvre, Paris.  The statue is of diorite, a hard stone imported from a distance.  This illustrates the fact that Babylonia had an extensive commerce. Image Gallery:     Ancient Near East Clearance

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