“RECOVERED” makes us happy :-)
Recovered Objects: clay cones (inscribed)
from Telloh / Girsu; Gudea inscription
Assyrian relief at British Museum
Assyrian tribute bearer with a oryx, a monkey and wearing a leopard skin
Assyrian
Made from ivory
Neo-Assyrian, 8Th century B.C.
Found in Mesopotamia, Nimrud
Source: The Metropolitan Musem
Clay Tablet from the time of Ruler Ashurbanipal
648 BC
Late Babylonian
(Source: The British Museum)
(via devillady255)
Love this!
A model of a babylonian Ziggurat with castle like elements included in the design. Highly inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Ishtar Gate.
This was made as part of a class exercise.
For those who aren’t aware, there’s a free archaeology course that started last week on Coursera! You can still join and get access to the materials, and none of the quiz and assignment deadlines have passed yet.
I didn’t share this before because I wasn’t aware of how cool some of the…
shelbyshepard asked: Hi there! The photo you posted of the details of the Gudea statue is from my other blog Brass Ivy Design and you or someone erased the description which states the piece is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, not the Louvre as you have noted here. Just wanted to give you a heads up for accuracy. Thanks!
Apologies. Correction was made and a note was added regarding the original source of the image.
The ruins of Nabucodonosor’s Royal Palace at the Babylon archaeological site, Iraq. Babylonian civilization, 6th Century BC. / De Agostini Picture Library / M. Seemuller / The Bridgeman Art Library
“This small ceramic figure probably represents a Mesopotamian goddess, perhaps Lilith (the Judaic-Christian Adam’s first wife) or Ishtar (a “mistress of animals” type). This identification can be made because of the animal legs and tail that appear below the fully formed human head and torso. Recent research indicates that the Assyrians associated this hybrid form with female demons, the Lilitu. These demons attacked women and children as well as preyed sexually upon men (much like the succubi).
Because this work is most likely a votive figure that would be purchased by a pilgrim as an offering to a holy site or temple, it is most likely that of a goddess.
The female figurine is made of clay that was pressed into a mould, but the legs and tail were shaped by hand. If you look closely at the legs, you will notice finger prints made by the artist, probably while applying the iron oxide slip (the red color loosely applied on the object).”
