Priest-King (sculpture)
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title:
Priest-King (sculpture)
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The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, India, presently Pakistan, in 1925–26. It is dated to around 2000–1900 BCE, in Mohenjo-daro's Late Period, and is "the most famous stone sculpture" of the Indus Valley civilization ("IVC"). It is now in the collection of the National Museum of Pakistan as NMP 50-852. It is widely admired, as "the sculptor combined naturali
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Stone sculpture found at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest-King_(sculpture)
date created:
2021-05-29T02:41:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T05:57:26Z
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