Iconography

ERANOS ARCHIVE

39-40. Fish Symbolism

PRE-CLASSICAL ICONOGRAPHY

Western Asia / Religious Iconography / Priests / Priests in fish costume
Western Asia / Religious Iconography / Winged genii
Western Asia / Religious Iconography / Divine symbols / Sacred tree

Further details

Eranos Archive 39/7 Found at Assur (Qal'at Sherqat). Before World War II in the Vorderasiatische Abteilung VA4231. Photo from Moortgat, A. (1940) Voderasiatische Rollsiegel: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Stein-schneidekunst (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Artist or creator

Assyrian

Date

900 BC - 700 BC

Location

unknown, unknown location

Notes on photograph

Collection

Eranos Archive presented by Olga Froebe-Kapteyn

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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