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Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Bull and Mushussu, a mythological animal with a snake's neck and scales. Detail from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon Blue enamelled tiles (7th BCE).
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Bull and Mushussu, a mythological animal with a snake's neck and...

Winged lion with ram's head and griffin's hind legs. Glazed tile frieze (500 BCE) from the palace of Dareios the Great (522-486 BCE), Susa, Iran Glazed tiles,165 x 209 cm Sb 3326
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Winged lion with ram's head and griffin's hind legs. Glazed tile frieze (500 BC...

Three rams with gilded heads on a base of two demons. Bronze, gold and silver; support for an offering table or altar; from the palace of Larsa,Iraq. Period of Isin-Larsa (beginning of 2nd mill. BCE) See also 08-02-10/64 H: 22 cm AO 15705
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Three rams with gilded heads on a base of two demons. Bronze, gold and silver;...

The goddess Astarte, on her head the sun-disk and the Hathor-crown..Bronze and silver sheeted figure, Egyptian influence (8th BCE). From Phoenicia. Bronze, silver, H: 20.1 AO 2701
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The goddess Astarte, on her head the sun-disk and the Hathor-crown..Bronze...

Phoenician ship and hippocampus on a silver coin.
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Phoenician ship and hippocampus on a silver coin.

Goddess Gula with her dog. Kudurru of Nazimarutash. Above her the crescent of the moon god,the star of Ishtar,the solar disk of Shamash and the scorpion of the underworld. War booty brought to Susa, 12th BCE Black limestone,Kassite period, 55 x 22 cm Sb 21
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Goddess Gula with her dog. Kudurru of Nazimarutash. Above her the crescent o...

The Goddess Ninsum, mother of Gilgamesh. Seated steatite figure, bas-relief (2150 BCE) from Tello (Lagash), Mesopotamia Black steatite, 13,7 x 6,5 cm AO 2761
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The Goddess Ninsum, mother of Gilgamesh. Seated steatite figure,...

Sphinx (Imperial Period, 17th-12th BCE) from the south gate of Hattusa (Boghazkoy), Turkey
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Sphinx (Imperial Period, 17th-12th BCE) from the south gate of H...

Altar with Hittite inscription, a winged sun disk and the name of the Hittite King Tudhaliya IV. Basalt (Imperial Period, 17th-12th BCE) from Emirgazi (near Konya), Turkey
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Altar with Hittite inscription, a winged sun disk and th...

Mythical creature. Bas-relief on an orthostat (Late Hittite, 9th BCE) from the south gate of the citadel at Sinjirli, Turkey
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Mythical creature. Bas-relief on an orthostat (Late Hi...

Demon. Bas-relief on an orthostat (Late Hittite, 9th BCE) from the south gate of the citadel at Sinjirli, Turkey
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Demon. Bas-relief on an orthostat (Late Hittite, 9th BCE)...

Column base with double sphinxes which once supported the wooden columns of Hilani III, at the palace of the Aramean King Barrekup. Basalt (Late Hittite, 8th BCE) from Sinjirli/Samal, Turkey
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Column base with double sphinxes which once supported the wooden col...