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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
Clean-shaven male Worshipper torso
Bald, clean-shaven male worshipper torso, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Copper Male Worshipers that changed the way we think of Sumerians
Support in the form of a nude male worshipper, 1 of 2, Khafajah, Temple Oval I, Early Dynastic period, 2900-2700 BC, copper alloy -...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Sinful Proud male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple
Standing male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, alabaster - Oriental Institute Museum, University...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Malicious Sumerian Woshipper
Seated male figure holding cup, Tell Agrab, Main Shara Temple, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute Museum,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Male worshipper headless in full tufted skirt
Male worshipper in full tufted skirt, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute Museum,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Female worshipper Nippur, Inanna Temple
Female worshipper with tufted skirt, Nippur, Inanna Temple VIIB, Early Dynastic period, 2600-2500 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute Museum,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Female Worshipper with very very plain dress
Female worshipper with plain dress and braided hairstyle, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell -...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Sumerian Worshipper - Single-Shrine Temple of Abu
Bearded male worshipper, Tell Asmar, Single-Shrine Temple of Abu, Early Dynastic period, 2550-2450 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Blind Albino Sumerian Male Worshipper, Sin Temple
Bearded male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell, bitumen - Oriental Institute...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Bearded male worshipper with cup, Tell Asmar
Bearded male worshipper with cup, Tell Asmar, Square Temple of Abu, Shrine II, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum, bitumen,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Clean-shaven male worshipper, Tell Asmar - Lapis Eyes
Bald, clean-shaven male worshipper, Tell Asmar, Square Temple of Abu, Shrine II, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum, shell,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum
Bald, bearded male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell - Oriental Institute Museum,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Sulaymaniyah Museum worshippers
A statue of a Sumerian worshipper. Marble, early dynastic period, 2800-2300 BCE, Mesopotamia, Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Sumerian Worshipper Kur-lil - British Museum
The inscription has been read as Kurlil; presumably the same Kurlil who was an official in the city of Uruk and who was responsible for...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Sumerian Worshipper from Nintu Temple - Mami Goddess
Mami is a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with Ninhursag. She was...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20183 min read
Standing Sumerian Worshipper - Met Museum
During the so-called Early Dynastic period (ca. 2900–2350 B.C.), life in the cities of Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) was focused on the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Female Sumerian Worshipper - Met Musuem
This statue of a standing woman with her hands clasped in front of her chest was found in the plasterings of a mud-brick bench located in...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
The Nergal Fragment that Changed the World
A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple of God Nergal by a high official. The carved scenes in low relief...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Nergal - Essential Sumerian Knowledge
NergalGod of war, plague, death, and disease📷Ancient Parthian relief carving of Nergal from Hatra in Iraq, dating to the first or second...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 28, 20182 min read
Stele of the protective goddess Lama
Stele of the protective goddess Lama Period:KassiteDate:ca. 1307–1282 B.C.Geography:Southern MesopotamiaCulture:KassiteMedium:Gypsum...
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