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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 a vase, pouring water in double streams, which flow symmetrically to outline the niches; the streams may represent the Tigris and Euphrates. The male is thought to be god Ea (of water) while the female is thought to be Inanna (of love and war). The Kassite ruler Karaindash (according to the cuneiform inscription) commissioned the construction of this temple with the courtyard of the precinct Eanna (House of Heaven), at Uruk. Late 15th century BCE. It is on display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.
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