|Statuette to disclose a sumptuous ancient style|| This prayer
figure sculpted in gold was found in a cache with numerous other
objects made of precious materials (lapis lazuli, carnelian,
agate, gold, silver) on the Susa mound, southwest Iran, near the
temple of Inshushinak. Given the material used - gold - and the
details of the costume and hair style, the figure depicted is
almost certainly the king. A precious statue The figure is
standing on a small rectangular pedestal, which has a tenon
underneath for fixing it onto a support. The figure raises his
right hand in a gesture of prayer and in his left hand holds a
goat in miniature, whose head with oblique horns is visible
above the donator's hand. The latter is clad in a flared,
fringe-edged robe from which emerge joined, shod feet. The skirt
of the robe is decorated with a pattern of engraved dots, while
above the draped belt, the close-fitting bodice with elbow-
length sleeves is decorated with rosettes. The Near East, unlike
Egypt, has few preserved rem