The Tell Asmar Hoard are a collection of twelve statues unearthed in 1933 at Eshnunna in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Despite subsequent finds at this site and others throughout the greater Mesopotamian area, they remain the definitive example of the abstract style of Early Dynastic temple sculpture.
Sumerian male worshiper, alabaster with shell eyes. One of the twelve statues in the hoard.
Gray limestone, Tell Asmar, Northern Palace, Akkadian (2350-2150 BC)
Early Dynastic statuette of a Sumerian male worshiper, very similar to Tell Asmar Hoard's statuettes, from Mesopotamia, Iraq
Early Dynastic statuette of a Sumerian female worshiper, very similar to Tell Asmar Hoard's statuettes, from Mesopotamia, Iraq
Eshnunna was an ancient Sumerian city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Although situated in the Diyala Valley northwest of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu. It is sometimes, in archaeological papers, called Ashnunnak or Tuplias.
Eshnunna
Sumerian male worshiper, in alabaster with shell eyes. It is of the twelve statues found in the Tell Asmar Hoard.
Stele of Dadusha
Head of a statue from Tell Asmar, excavated by the Oriental Institute in 1933. The Sulaymaniyah Museum
