Image: Mesopotamian female deity seating on a chair, Old-Babylonian fired clay plaque from Ur, Iraq

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Description: Mesopotamian female deity wearing a horned headdress and seating on a chair or a throne, probably Ishtar or Bau. The lunar symbol of the moon god Sin appears at the upper part, flanking the headdress. Elaborate dress and braided hair strands. Old-Babylonian period, 2003-1595 BCE. Fired clay plaque from Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.
Title: Mesopotamian female deity seating on a chair, Old-Babylonian fired clay plaque from Ur, Iraq
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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