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Kudurru (stele) of King Melishipak (1186-1172 BC). The king presents his daughter to the goddess Nannaya. The crescent moon represents the god Sin, the sun the Shamash and the star the goddess Ishtar. Kassite period. Taken to Susa (Iran) in 12th century BC by Elamite king Sutruk-Nahhunte as war booty. Limestone. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
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Kudurru (stele) of King Melishipak (1186-1172 BC). The king presents his daughter to the goddess Nannaya. The crescent moon represents the god Sin, the sun the Shamash and the star the goddess Ishtar. Kassite period. Taken to Susa (Iran) in 12th century BC by Elamite king Sutruk-Nahhunte as war booty. Limestone. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
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Image size:
2680 x 4547 px | 34.9 MB
Print size:
22.7 x 38.5 cm | 8.9 x 15.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
12 CENTURY • 12TH CENTURY • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT DOCUMENT • ANCIENT NEAR EAST • ANCIENT • ANT. OR.: ANTIQUITIES, ORIEN • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: ANTIQUITIES, ORIEN • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUITIES, ORIENTAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • ASTROLOGY • BABYLON • BABYLONIAN ART • BAS-RELIEF • BC BC BC • CARVED • CELESTIAL BODY • CHANGING ROOM • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CLOTHES • CLOTHING • COSTUME • DEITIES • DEITY • DISGUISE • DIVINITY • DOCUMENT • DRESS • DRESSED • DYNASTY • EMBLEM • EMBOSSED • ENTHRONED • FEUDALISM • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FURNITURE: THRONE • GARMENT • GESTURE • GOD • GODDESS NANNAYA • GODHEAD • GODS • GOWN • GREETING • HABIT • HEAVENLY BODY • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • INANNA • INFANTA • IRAN • ISHTAR • KASSITE DYNASTY • KASSITE PERIOD • KASSITE • KING • KUDURRU • LAND GRANT TO HUNNUBAT-NANAYA KUDURRU • LAND GRANT • LIMESTONE • LONG ROBE • LOUVRE MUSEUM • LOUVRE PALAIS, PARIS • LOUVRE • LOUVRE, PARIS • LOUVRE: MUSEUM • LUNA • MASQUERADE • MELI-SHIPAK II • MELI-SIPAK • MELISHIPAK • MEMORIAL • MEMORY • MENSWEAR • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN • MONARCH • MONUMENT • MONUMENTS • MOON • NANAYA • NANNAYA • NEAR EASTERN • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • OLD • ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES • ORTHOSTAT • PALACE: LOUVRE, PARIS • PERIOD • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PIECE • PLANET • PRINCESS • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • ROCK • ROCKY • ROYAL FAMILY • RULER • RULING • SCENE • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SEATED • SETTLED • SHAMASH • SIMBOLOS • SIN • SITTING • SLOW • SOCIETY • SOL • SOLAR DISC • SOLAR DISK • SOUVENIR • STAGE • STARS • STATUETTE • STELA • STELE • STELE, ALL • STONE • STONES • SUN DISC • SUN • SUNBEAM • SUNSHINE • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • TAILOR • THEATER • THEATRE • THRONE • WAVING • WELCOMING • WESTERN ASIA • WESTERN ASIAN (ETHNOLOGY)
