Sumerian Cult-Statues
Two of the twelve statues found during excavations at Tell Asmar, fifty miles north-east of Baghdad. On the left is the Lord of Fertility, and to the left, the Mother Goddess. The former, including base, is about 30 inches high
Picture No
10980226
Media ID
46160055
Size
3600px x 5552px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mrs Rigmor Jacobsen, staff photographer to the Iraq expedition of Chicago University Oriental Institute, reproduced on the cover of The Illustrated London News, 19 May 1934
Date
May 1934
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