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Standing 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 gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C., was a 'raging storm' or 'wild bull,' while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star.

Standing 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 gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C., was a 'raging storm' or 'wild bull,' while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star.
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Standing 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 gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C., was a 'raging storm' or 'wild bull,' while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star
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Album / quintlox
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3384 x 5360 px | 51.9 MB
Print size:
28.7 x 45.4 cm | 11.3 x 17.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
11 5/8 X 5 1/8 3 7/8 • 29.5 12.9 10 CM • 2900–2600 B. C • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • B. C • BITUMEN • BLACK LIMESTONE • CONSIDERED • DAILY LIFE • DIFFERENT GUISES • EARLY DYNASTIC I-II • ENLIL • ESHNUNNA • EVENING STAR • EXPERIENCES • GOD • GODDESS INANNA • GODS • GYPSUM ALABASTER • MATERIAL • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • MODERN TELL ASMAR • MORNING • PHYSICALLY PRESENT • POWERFUL MESOPOTAMIAN • RAGING STORM • REAPPEARED • SHELL • STANDING MALE WORSHIPER • STONE-SCULPTURE • SUMERIAN • THIRD MILLENNIUM • THOUGHT • WILD BULL • ÇA