Iconography

ERANOS ARCHIVE

87-103. The Great Mother / 99. Varia

PRE-CLASSICAL ICONOGRAPHY

Western Asia / Animals / Individual animals / Sheep
Western Asia / Religious Iconography / Named deities / Ishtar (Inanna, Astarte)
Western Asia / Religious Iconography / Divine symbols / Ring post
Western Asia / Religious Iconography / Divine symbols / Rosette

Further details

Detail from the Uruk Trough, excavated at Tell al-Warka

Artist or creator

Uruk (late)

Date

3300 BC - 3000 BC

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. Middle East)

Notes on photograph

Collection

Eranos Archive presented by Olga Froebe-Kapteyn

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British Museum

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