Worshipper of Larsa

Worshipper of Larsa
Dimensions	19.6 cm (7.7 in) × 7.0 cm (2.8 in) × 14.8 cm (5.8 in)
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The Worshipper of Larsa is a Mesopotamian statuette on display in Room 227 at the Louvre Museum, of the paleo-Babylonian era (2004-1595 BCE). It depicts a bearded man, kneeling and performing a ritual gesture with his hand to his mouth. The statuette was dedicated to the god Amurru by an inhabitant of Larsa, in order to safeguard the life of King Hammurabi (reigned c. 1792 BC-1750 BC).