In comparing the Statue of Gudea and the statute named The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu, there are many very interesting similarities and an equal number of differences. The Statue of Gudea was created during the Neo-Sumerian period in the country we call Iraq today and The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu during the Old Kingdom of Egypt (The Metropolitan Museum, 2016). Both works of art are sculpture and made of stone. One also notices that both pieces of art have inscriptions written on them (albeit different languages). Both sculptures also depict their subjects in very deliberate and similarly ridged manner. From a formal interpretation, we would say that both have little to no movement depicted. Around the time period
