Facade of Inanna's Temple at Uruk

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Part of the facade of the temple of Inanna at Uruk. There are standing male and female deities in alternate niches. Each figure holds a vessel in his/her hands and pours life-giving water onto the earth. The cuneiform inscriptions on the bricks mention the name of the Kassite ruler Karaindash as the person who ordered the building of this temple. From Uruk, southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, c. 1413 BCE.

The 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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