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Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House
Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House, oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1780.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.

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Figure of the Hittite God Teshub
The storm-god Teshub wears a tall headdress and stands on the back of a bull. From modern-day Turkey. Bronze figurine. Hittite period, 1600-1200 BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Statue of the Hindu Moon God Chandra
This statue of the Hindu moon god Chandra is made from andesite and comes from the island of Java in what is now Indonesia. It dates from the late-9th to early-10th century CE. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich).

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Bust of Mên, the Moon God of Anatolia
Bust of Mên, the Moon God worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia. He wears the Phrygian cap and the crescent moon seem to emerge from his shoulders. Roman period (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara).

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Statue of the Nile God Hapy
Statue of the Nile God Hapy, from Thebes, Karnak, temple of Amun-Ra, Egypt, 22nd Dynasty, reign of Osorkon I, c. 924-889 BCE. The fleshy body symbolizes the Nile's fertility. Hapy holds a table of offerings, from which hang geese, quails...

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Jacob Wrestles with God
Jacob wrestling with an angel or God.
Palantine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily

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Standing God on a Bull from Urartu
This is a bronze furniture-fitting (probably of a corner of a throne or bed). A god wearing a fringed robe stands on a recumbent bull. It was originally inlaid and gilded. From Toprakkale, Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian...

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Statue Dedicated to the God Ningishzida
The cuneiform inscription on the base of this headless states that the statue belongs to the king of "E-Kizal-Ki" (region or district), whose name was "Il-La", and who has dedicated this own statue to the god Ningishzida. Early Dynastic period...

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Stela of the God Hadad
This basalt stela of the storm god Hadad of Aleppo was brought to the palace museum of King Nebuchadnezzar II as war booty. From Babylon, modern-day Iraq. Late Hittite period, 9th century BCE. (Istanbul Archaeological Museums/Ancient Orient...

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Statue of the god Kidudu
The cuneiform inscriptions on this basalt statue mention that this is the god Kidudu, the guardian of the walls of Ashur city. It was erected by King Shalmaneser III. Neo-Assyrian era, 835 BCE. From Ashur, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The British...