Statuette_Goddess_Louvre_AO20127.jpg

Object

Description
English: Statuette of a naked woman, maybe the Great Goddess of Babylon (or Ishtar). From the necropolis of Hillah, near Babylon.
Français : Statuette de femme nue, peut-être la Grande Déesse babylonienne. Provenance : nécropole d'Hillah, près de Babylone.
Date 3 rd century BC
date QS:P571,-250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
–3 rd century AD
date QS:P571,+250-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium alabaster , gold , terracotta and rubies
Dimensions height: 24.8 cm (9.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Mésopotamie, room 16: Mésopotamie, Iran, Levant . Sully, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).
Accession number
Q19675
Credit line 1886: given by P. Delaporte
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database : entry 28100
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Photograph

Description
English: Statuette figurine of a goddess with a horned headdress, possibly Ishtar, Astarte or Nanaya Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Author Marie-Lan Nguyen
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Captions

Statuette figurine of a goddess with a horned headdress, possibly Ishtar, Astarte or Nanaya

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

standing naked woman