Sumerian sculpture

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Shalmaneser I 𒁹𒀭𒁲𒈠𒉡𒊕 mdsál-ma-nu-SAG Salmanu-ašare. 1273–1244 BC or 1265–1235 BC) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC. The British Museum displays the remains of wall panels and carvings that have been recovered from the remains of the palace’s site as well as the North Palace that Ashurbanipal built in about 645 BC on the citadel mound of Nineveh. By: @yousifaziz #Enki #Sumerian #Babylonian #Assyrian…

Large and unusual vintage Alva Studios reproduction of an ancient Sumerian or Mesopotamian sculpture from 2500 BC depicting a standing Woman with her hands clasped in prayer. The real statue was disco...from

Stone statue of a Mesopotamian winged bull: Lamassu, or Kerub —*cherub in Latin, *kerubh [כְּרוּב] in Hebrew. In Akkadian: *karâbu: winged beasts, infuriated guardians of the sacred doors. Palace of Assyrian king Sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, northern Iraq ~ ca.713 BC. Louvre Museum

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Statue of Ebih-il, the superintendent of the Mesopotamian city Mari from the Temple of Babylonian goddess Ishtar in Mari. Musée du Louvre, Paris, FRANCE. Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen