God and Goddess from Mesopotamia

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 24 February 2015
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The upper halves of terracotta plaques, depicting a male figure (on the left, who has a long beard) and a female figure (on the right, with bare breast) wearing a horned headdress (symbol of divinity) and appearing to hold a long bar in both hands. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Old-Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BCE.

The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

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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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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, February 24). God and Goddess from Mesopotamia. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3639/god-and-goddess-from-mesopotamia/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "God and Goddess from Mesopotamia." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 24, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3639/god-and-goddess-from-mesopotamia/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "God and Goddess from Mesopotamia." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Feb 2015. Web. 21 Dec 2024.

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