EditorialSyria. River course of the Euphrates between Deir ez-Zor and Abou Kemal. Euphrates Valley, cradle of civilization of Western Asia. (Mesopotamia).
EditorialThe goddess Ishtar and her accolites on a mountain. Ishtar is shown in her warrior-aspect, with tiara and armour, her lion at her feet. From the ground around palace of Shakkanakku, Mari, period of the Amorite dynasties. 19th-18th BCE H: 11 cm Inv. 2880.