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This statue is from the Neo-Sumerian age.
Gudea is holding an overflowing water jar that turns into two streams.
Both the running water and the fish swimming in the water symbolizes the prosperity he brings to his people.
Normally, Mesopotamian art gives the greater power, such as Gods or Goddesses the source of life giving water. Gudea is the first known ruler to have such power.
Which makes us question the legitimacy of this artwork. Another reason is because unlike the other portraits of Gudea, this one is made of a cheaper calcite.
On the other hand, this divine and genuine statue was dedicated to the temple which Gudea built for the Goddess, Geshtinanna.
Gardner's Art through the Ages
By: Fred S. Kleiner
Page 43 Image 2-17