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Mesopotamian female deity wearing a horned headdress and seating on a chair or a throne, probably goddess Ishtar or goddess Bau. The lunar symbol of the moon god Sin appears at the upper part, flanking the headdress. Elaborate dress and braided hair strands. Old-Babylonian period, 2003-1595 BCE. Fired clay plaque from Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.
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