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<span class=txtLegende>Gudea, prince de Lagash Statue assise dédiée au dieu Ningishzida<br></span>Vers 2120 avant J.-C.<br>AO 3293, AO 4108<br>Near Eastern Antiquities<br>
Gudea, prince de Lagash Statue assise dédiée au dieu Ningishzida
Vers 2120 avant J.-C.
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The 3rd millennium BC in Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Iran

The last Sumerian dynasties

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