The common interpretation applied to the stylistic trait of large eyes common to Sumerian votive sculptures was that a wide-eyed appearance represented one's ability to receive communication from the deities.

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Answer:The wide-eyed appearance of Sumerian votive sculptures are commonly interpreted to represent how pious the worshippers were as well as attentiveness to the deity

Explanation: The Sumerians were the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia which is now the southern part of Iraq and one of the first civilizations in the world, along with Ancient Egypt, Ancient China and the Indus Valley. Their sculptures were decorative, complex and mostly used for religious purposes.

The forms of the bodies often lacked musculature, are erect and attentive; supposedly to denote pious worship, hands folded around them as though in worship and large saucer-like eyes open wide and looking up which is thought to depict piety and attention to the deity.

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