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Cylinder seal with Ishtar holding a weapon; young warrior deities defeating or capturing the god of vegetation. The great goddess sits ona throne on top of the mountain of Hell in which a dead god is enclosed, personification of the dead vegetation during summer. Mesopotamia, Akkadian Period, ca. 2334-2154 BCE. From Babylon. Cylinder seal (with modern impression). Acquired in 1911. Steatite, 1.4 x 0.6 cm. AO4709. Photo: Mathieu Rabeau.
Location
Musée du Louvre/Paris/France
Unique Identifier
ART587670
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3200px × 2080px
Photo Credit
© Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / (name of photographer) / Art Resource, NY
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3rd millennium BCE
Cylinder Seal
Ishtar
Neo-Sumerian (2125-2025 BCE)
Steatite, Chlorite