SUMERIAN
This statuette was found, along with many others, was found buried in a pit next to an altar of the Abu Temple. It is thought to be a priest, because it doesn't have the full beard and hair as any other man of its stature would have. These statuettes were placed in sanctuaries as offerings, and later were buried when the temple was rebuilt or remodeled.Human need, interest and curiosity drove the Mesopotamians to create rituals and religion. They also made statues and statuettes to represent different things within their religions and rituals.
We are connected with this ancient civilization because we, too, have different religions, rituals, and statues that represent different things. The Mesopotamians, I believe, sent on their ideas of rituals and worshipping throughout their generations so that they could keep them going, and we now have those ideas, and love them.
