Ishtar Standing on a Lion

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 31 August 2017

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Ishtar Standing on a Lion — This terracotta plaque depicts the goddess Ishtar standing on a lion. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian Period, 19th to 17th century BCE.

Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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