Question

An art collector approaches a historian about a small statue. The collector claims to have purchased the statue from a man who said it was one of the earliest depictions of the Babylonian king Hammurabi. the collector wants to know i this claim is true. which of the following pieces of evidence, if true, would support the claim that the statue is authentic?

a: it is larger than any other statue of hammurabi
b: it is nearly identical to dozens of other statues of hammurabi
c: it was discovered in the ruins of hammurabi's childhood bedchamber
d: babylonian kings preferred painted portraits to statues

Answer 1

The correct option is B.
If the portrait is nearly identical to other statues which had been confirmed to be that of Hammurabi, then, the statue is probably authentic. All the statues of Hammurabi may not look exactly the same due to various factors and one of these factors is the level of expertise of the craftsmen who made the statues.