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Puzur-Ishtar, govenor of Mari. Old babylonian period 1894-1594 BCE from Mari (Tell Hariri) the statue was removed from the city of Mari and taken to Babylon as war booty in the Neo-Babylonian period. It was found at Babylon in the palace museum of Nebuchadnezzar II. This statue is now in Istanbul Archaeological Museum

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Puzur-Ishtar, govenor of Mari. Old babylonian period 1894-1594 BCE from Mari (Tell Hariri) the statue was removed from the city of Mari and taken to Babylon as war booty in the Neo-Babylonian period. It was found at Babylon in the palace museum of Nebuchadnezzar II.

This statue is now in Istanbul Archaeological Museum

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