Deity Holding a Foundation Peg

Description A deity, wearing a divine horned headdress, kneels with a foundation peg inscribed with King Gudea's name. Though the inscription is mostly defaced, it was probably dedicated to Ningirsu, god of the city of Lagash.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/20/1977	Examination	x-ray fluorescence

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Inscription] includes name of King Gudea

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923