Statuettes of Two Worshipers, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq, ca. 2700 BCE. Gypsum, shell, and black limestone, man 2' 4 1/4" high, woman 1' 11 1/4" high. Sumerian.
Oversized eyes represent perpetual wakefullness of substitute worshipers offering prayers to deity. Worshipers hold beakers for pouring libations.
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