EditorialThe Uruk Trough, from Uruk (Warka, Iraq), Late Prehistoric period (3300-3000 BCE). The carving on the side shows a procession of sheep approaching a reed hut and two lambs emerging. It may have been a cult object in the temple of Inanna (Ishtar), the S...
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Clay cone of Enanatum I (king of Lagash 1st Dynasty of Lagash)with a building inscription devoted to the construction of the temple of the goddess Inanna in Lagash. Iraq. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialFoundation nail in the form of a bull; tablet with inscription, dedicated to the goddess Inanna. Nails and tablets were buried in the foundation walls of temples. Period of king Gudea of Lagash, around 2100. Bronze, H: 22 cm AO 1371.
EditorialStanding male worshiper, Early Dynastic I-II, ca. 2900?2600 B.C., Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, 11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (29.5 x 12.9 x 10 cm), Stone-Sculpture, In Mesopotamia ...
EditorialStanding female worshiper, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600?2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Limestone, inlaid with shell and lapis lazuli, H. 9 13/16 x W. 3 3/8 x D. 2 1/8 in. (24.9 x 8.5 x 5.4 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This statue of a standing wom...
EditorialNear East. Mesopotamia. Sumer. Clay cone of Enanatum I (king of Lagash 1st Dynasty of Lagash)with a building inscription devoted to the construction of the temple of the goddess Inanna in Lagash. Iraq. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSumer. Mesopotamia. Near East. Early Dynastic Period. Clay nail of Enanatum I with a building inscription devoted to the construction of the temple of the goddess Inanna in Lagash. Lagash. Iraq. 25th century BC. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Peters...
EditorialFoundation nail in the form of a bull; tablet with inscription, dedicated to the goddess Inanna. Nails and tablets were buried in the foundation walls of temples. Period of king Gudea of Lagash, around 2100. Bronze, H: 22 cm AO 1371.
EditorialThe Uruk Vase-detail. See also 08-02-05 / 56,57. Men bearing gifts to the goddess Inanna (Innin), a bull and agricultural products. Limestone, around 2.900 BCE.
EditorialWater, corn growing from water, sheep, men bearing gifts, and the Goddess Inanna (Innin). five rows of limestone bas-reliefs on the Warka-Vase, a cult vase from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialThe Uruk Trough, from Uruk (Warka, Iraq), Late Prehistoric period (3300-3000 BCE). The carving on the side shows a procession of sheep approaching a reed hut and two lambs emerging. It may have been a cult object in the temple of Inanna (Ishtar), the S...