Ishtar_goddess.jpg

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The 'Queen of the Night' Relief, The figure could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of sexual love and war. Her bird-feet and accompanying owls have suggested to some a connection with Lilitu (called Lilith in Jewish lore), though seemingly not the usual demonic Lilitu. Old Babylonian, 1800-1750 BC. From southern Iraq.

British Museum, London.
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Burney Relief (Queen of the Night). Mesopotamian terracotta plaque depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Height: 49.5 cm. Old-Babylonian, 19th-18th cent. BCE. British Museum

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Burney Relief

inception

17 December 2009

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0.02 second

focal length

10.775 millimetre

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