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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 146635, member: 55&quot;]Did you find it yourself, or were you told that?&nbsp; If someone told you that, I think they lied.&nbsp; I&#039;d suggest forming your own opinion, based on evidence.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know that might be difficult if you paid a lot of money for this.....but if that is the case, perhaps you can prove to the seller, or the police, that you were cheated.</p><p><br /></p><p>The item is a souvenir based on the Berlin Nefertiti, which was found in 1912. </p><p>The cobra/Uraeus seen in the item that began this thread and the Berlin Nefertiti bust is specific to the Egyptian culture, not the Sumerian.&nbsp; It is a symbol of Egyptian royalty, not Sumerian.</p><p>We see the same elongated neck, and the same collar as on the Berlin Nefertiti; and it wears the same crown, even with the same decorative sweat-band.&nbsp; This crown is a flat-topped variant of the &quot;Blue Crown of Egypt,&quot; and this flat-topped version was popularized around 1350 BCE by Nefertiti, but became popular in souvenir sculpture after 1912.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sumerians did not wear this crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what you see by searching &quot;souvenir bust of Nefertiti&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;FORM=IQFRML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;FORM=IQFRML" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;qpvt=souvenir+bust+of+nefertiti&amp;FORM=IQFRML</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Note how many of the items are essentially identical to the one at the beginning of this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a search for &quot;Sumerian bust.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; What do you think is more likely; modern souvenir or ancient Sumerian?</p><p><a href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sumerian%20bust&amp;qs=n&amp;form=QBIRMH&amp;pq=sumerian%20bust&amp;sc=0-12&amp;sp=-1&amp;sk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sumerian%20bust&amp;qs=n&amp;form=QBIRMH&amp;pq=sumerian%20bust&amp;sc=0-12&amp;sp=-1&amp;sk" rel="nofollow">http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sumerian bust&amp;qs=n&amp;form=QBIRMH&amp;pq=sumerian bust&amp;sc=0-12&amp;sp=-1&amp;sk</a>=</p><p><br /></p><p>I know, wasting my breath......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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