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 whether this claim is true. which of the following pieces of evidence
would the historian determine whether the statue is authentic?
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a. determining why the person with the statue bought it in the first
place
b. determining the date of its creation to see if it aligns with
hammurabi's life
c. determining the total number of hammurabi statues that have
been found so far
d. determining if the person who sold the statue was an expert on
ancient babylon