God and Goddess from Mesopotamia

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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The upper halves of terracotta plaques, depicting a male figure (on the left, who has a long beard) and a female figure (on the right, with bare breast) wearing a horned headdress (symbol of divinity) and appearing to hold a long bar in both hands. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE.

The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, February 24). God and Goddess from Mesopotamia. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3639/god-and-goddess-from-mesopotamia/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "God and Goddess from Mesopotamia." World History Encyclopedia, February 24, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3639/god-and-goddess-from-mesopotamia/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "God and Goddess from Mesopotamia." World History Encyclopedia, 24 Feb 2015, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3639/god-and-goddess-from-mesopotamia/.

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