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Cylinder seal with Ishtar, observed by the water god, ascending a mountain and dominating its god. At the beginning of each new year the gods practisent their respective activities: the god of water leaves his domain; the goddess of war and fertlity takes her flight as planet Venus; the sun god leaves the earth as a young runner personifying the new vegetation by a palm tree. Mesopotamia, Akkadian Period, ca. 2334-2154 BCE. Cuneiform inscription: Zagganita, the scribe. Cylinder seal (with modern impression). Acquired in 1929. Chlorite, 3 × 1.8 cm. AO11569. Photo: Philippe Fuzeau.

Location Musée du Louvre/Paris/France

Unique Identifier ART587320

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 8176px × 4088px

Photo Credit © Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / (name of photographer) / Art Resource, NY

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3rd millennium BCE

Akkadian (c.2340-2180 BCE)