Queen Esther making a hard choice.    
(The book of Esther)  
Some materials of archeological finds were used for this sculpture: heads of women from Nimrud as motifs for the hairdo. The decoration and style of the clothes is similar to the Babylonian fashion of that period.  

"Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai's people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes. Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"  
Then Ester sent a reply to Mordecai: "I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish."  
(The book of Esther chapter 3 verse 6, chapter 4 verses 13-16.)  

The year 3278 according to the Jewish calendar. 
 

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