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This object is one of the earliest examples of formal religious art from Mesopotamia. It was probably a cult object in the temple of Inanna (Ishtar); it cannot be used as a trough or basin. The carving shows sheep approaching a reed hut from which lambs emerge. The meaning of the scene is unknown but probably it reflects the fertility of flocks under the protection of Inanna. The high volutes on either sides of the hut and elsewhere are symbols of the goddess Inanna. Late Uruk Period, 3300-3000 BCE. From Uruk (Warka), Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 06). The Uruk Trough. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7192/the-uruk-trough/
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