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Facade of Inanna Temple from Uruk at the Iraq Museum
This is part of the facade of the temple of goddess Inanna at Uruk (modern-day Warka, southern Iraq) and is made of bricks. There are standing male and female deities in alternating niches. Both hold...
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Tablet of the Poem Inanna and Ebih
Tablet of the poem Inanna and Ebih, also known as Inanna's Battle with the Mountain and Goddess of the Fearsome Powers, attributed to the poet/priestess Enheduanna (l. 2285-2250 BCE), exhibited in the Oriental Institute...
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Ishtar's Descent into the Underworld Inscription
This large and partially broken clay tablet tells us how Ishtar, goddess of love and war, decided to descend and enter the underworld. During her long journey, she was gradually stripped of her attributes...
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Goddess Ishtar descent to the underworld tablet
The legend, written in Akkadian, describes how Ishtar, goddess of sexuality and warfare, went to the Underworld. Ishtar decided to undertake the journey, although the Underworld was known as the 'land...
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Medea's Descent into Madness
Medea, oil on panel painting with gilded background by Frederick Sandys, 1868. Medea is a key figure in the story of the quest for the Golden Fleece and a recurring subject of art and musical productions. According...
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Facade of Inanna's Temple at Uruk
Part of the facade of the temple of Inanna at Uruk. There are standing male and female deities in alternate niches. Each figure holds a vessel in his/her hands and pours life-giving water onto the earth. The cuneiform...
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Marriage of Inanna and Dumuzi
On this Sumerian relief, the marriage of the goddess Inanna and the Sumerian King Dumuzi is depicted.
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The Hand of Ishtar (Inanna)
A hand of the goddess Ishtar (Inanna). This is a decorative element of architecture which was used in temples and palaces. It is inscribed with cuneiform inscriptions and was found in the palace of Ashurnasirpal II to...
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Utu-Shamash - Sumerian God of the Sun and Justice
Utu-Shamash (also known as Babbar, Samas, Shamash, and Utu) is the Sumerian god of the sun and divine justice. He is the son of the moon god Nanna and the fertility goddess Ningal in the Sumerian tradition...
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Nanshe - The Selfless Sumerian Goddess of Social Justice
Nanshe (also known as Nanse, Nazi) is the Sumerian goddess of social justice and divination, whose popularity eventually transcended her original boundaries of southern Mesopotamia toward all points...
