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Upper section of a stele with depiction of a libation scene before a seated god. Late 3rd millennium BC. White limestone. On the left, a figure whose head is missing, probably a king, pours a libation at an altar adorned with a palm leaf. Southern Mesopotamian style. Susa. Third Dynasty of Ur. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

Upper section of a stele with depiction of a libation scene before a seated god. Late 3rd millennium BC. White limestone. On the left, a figure whose head is missing, probably a king, pours a libation at an altar adorned  with a palm leaf. Southern Mesopotamian style. Susa. Third Dynasty of Ur. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
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Upper section of a stele with depiction of a libation scene before a seated god. Late 3rd millennium BC. White limestone. On the left, a figure whose head is missing, probably a king, pours a libation at an altar adorned with a palm leaf. Southern Mesopotamian style. Susa. Third Dynasty of Ur. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
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24.1 x 36.3 cm | 9.5 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
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ADORNED ANCIENT AGE ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA ANCIENT WORLD ANCIENT ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA ANTIGUEDAD ANTIQUE ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA ANTIQUITIES ANTIQUITY BABYLON BABYLONIAN ART BABYLONIANS BAS-RELIEF BC BC BC BELIEFS CARVED CEREMONY CHARACTER CHARACTERS CLUSTER OF DATES CULT DATE DATIL DECORATED DEITY DIADEM DIVINITY DOCTRINE EMBLEM EMBOSSED FAITH FIGURE FIGURES FIGURINE FURNITURE: THRONE GODHEAD GODS IRANIAN KING LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM BC LIBATION LIMESTONE LOUVRE MUSEUM MESOPOTAMIA MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION MESOPOTAMIAN MIDDLE EAST MONARCH MYTHOLOGY NEAR EASTERN OFFERING OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON OLD ORTHOSTAT PALM PERSONAJE PERSONALITY PIECE POWER PROMINENCE RAYED SUN RELIEF RELIEFS RELIEVE RELIGION RELIGIOUS RING RITE RITUAL ROCK ROCKY ROD SACRIFICE SCULPTED SCULPTING SCULPTURE SCULPTURE. SEATED SETTLED SHAMASH SIMBOLOS SIT SITS SITTING SLOW SOL SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIAN SOVEREIGN STATUETTE STELA STELE STELE, ALL STONE STONES SUN GOD SUN SUNBEAM SUNSHINE SYMBOL SYMBOLS THIRD DYNASTY OF UR THIRD MILLENNIUM BC THRONE TIARA UR III PERIOD VARA WATER WESTERN ASIAN (ETHNOLOGY) WHITE LIMESTONE