Alien gray entity Art Exhibition
British Museum #52 Sumerian Gods
5th millennium BCE, h: 13.6 cm From the Ubaid - Southern Mesopotamian Period, 5000 BCE - 4000 BCE Found in Ur. The Ubaid culture succeeded the Halaf at the end of the 6th millennium BCE in southern Iraq, then spread throughout Mesopotamia. Ubaid culture is known for painted pottery; large houses of tripartite plan for extended families; and lizard-headed figurines of both male and female gender
Figurines, Lizard-headed or Ubaid Style, clay, Ur (Ubaid culture),
Figurines such as the above examples are typical. The figure on the left holds a baby on her hip and suckles it. The figure on the right has incised stretch marks on her abdomen. It has been suggested that the brown-painted dots and lines represent tattoos, and the clay pellets scarring. It is unknown if the shape of the skulls represents actual head binding. Similar Lizard-headed figurines have been found at Eridu. Collon, Dominique. Ancient Near Eastern Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995, PG 46.
