<p><i>Syrian Statuette of the God Shamash</i>. Syria, circa 1700&ndash;1600 <small>B.C.E.</small> Copper, height: 5<sup>5</sup>&frasl;<sub>16</sub> in. (13.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Shelby White, the Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 1995.27</p>