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Human-shaped statue from 'Ain-Ghazal

neolithic sculpture discovered in 'Ain-Ghazal
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Summary

Human-shaped statue from 'Ain-Ghazal is a statue[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Gary O. Rollefson[3], Zeidan Kafafi[4]
  • Owned by: Jordan[5]
  • Genre: 'Ain Ghazal Statues[6]
  • Depicts: human[7]
  • Made from material: plaster[8], rock asphalt[9]
  • Location of discovery: Ayn Ghazal[10]
  • Collection: Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre[11], Department of Antiquities of Jordan[12]
  • Inventory number: DAO 96[13]
  • Location: Room 303, display case 8[14]
  • Commons category: Statue of Ain-Ghazal (Louvre, DAO 96)[15]
  • Inception: 6500 BC[16]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1985[17]
  • Described at URL: http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=21825&langue=fr[18], http://jordanie.canalblog.com/archives/2008/06/17/9563304.html[19]
  • Height: 105[20]

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Perrinshushinak · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Height → {'amount': '+105'}
    Depicts → human
    Wikidata description → neolithic sculpture discovered in 'Ain-Ghazal
    Collection → Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre, Department of Antiquities of Jordan
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