 Alabaster head of Inanna, c 3100 BC, found at Uruk/Warka, 1930s; looted, 2003.
This is the famous "Warka Head" or "Warka Mask" that was during the fall of Saddam Hussein. It was feared lost or broken until late September of that year, A rare, universally admired and prized sculpture, it was often called "The Mona Lisa of Mesopotamia,"
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