"Major sculptures which first attracted the attention of the world's art lovers to the ancient Near East derive from the time of of , known to have been an elder contemporary of ..."
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Edith Porada
(22 August 1912 – 24 March 1994) was an Austrian-born, American art historian, archaeologist, professor of art history and archaeology at , and curator of ’s collection of more than 1,000 ancient seals from the Near East. She was elected in 1969 to the and elected in 1978 to the .
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