The Queen of the Night: British Museum Objects in Focus

Collon, Dominique

ISBN 10: 0714150436 / ISBN 13: 9780714150437

Verlag: British Museum, 2005

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR006506188

Inhaltsangabe:

This large Old Babylonian plaque, found in southern Iraq, was made between 1800 and 1750 B.C., and probably stood in a shrine. Named the 'Queen of the Night', the mysterious figure could be the demoness Lilitu, known in the Bible as Lilith, or a Mesopotamian goddess. She wears the horned headdress characteristic of a Mesopotamian deity and holds two symbols of her divinity - a rod and ring of justice. Her long multi-coloured wings hang downwards, indicating that she is a goddess of the Underworld, and her legs end in the talons of a bird of prey, similar to those of the two owls beside her. This book explores the symbolism and history behind this beautiful and highly unusual clay relief.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dominique Collon is curator of the Mesopotamian collections in the British Museum.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Queen of the Night: British Museum ...
Verlag: British Museum
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good