Memi And Sabu Comparison

A Comparison between The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu and the Statue of Gudea

Introduction

It is well know, that sculpture is one of the artistic method the ancient ancestors adopted in the preservation of figures and their culture. In a literary meaning, a sculpture is refers to as the art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster. (Oxford Dictionary 2013). The history of sculpture can be throw back to the Ancient Greek. It is the channel through which generational and racial culture is preserved for the generation after. We can considered it as a visual history in itself. In this paper, we shall compare two sculptures of ancient times,

2575–2465 B.C. It is a statue that was painted with limestone and represents a non- royal couple.The dimension of the statue is H. 62 cm (24.7/16 in.); W. 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); D. 15.2 cm (6 in.). The Credit Line was linked to Rogers Fund, 1948. With accession Number: 48.111. The location of the statue is assumed to hail from Memphite Region, Giza, Western Cemetery in Egypt. ; however the inscription on the statue suggests they had royal acquaintance but never look with their apparance. Their status are further confirmed by the way in which the couple are dressed in common clothes and the fact they are not standing or sitting in any position of royalty like the statue of Gudea (The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gudea is shown to wear royal garb and is seated with his hands in the position of piety and readiness to greet his subjects. With his dressing we can assume him as a priest through whom the citizens consult God. We can also see that his feet are not touching the ground and we can attribute this to as a man of great power and respect. Gudea of Lagash is also assumed to have built many temples which is still present in the modern day Iraq. In honor of Gudea, His statue was place in the temples he