Sunday, December 22, 2024

A Royal Vase

 


A stone vase found at the temple of Ishtar. Doubtless it was a gift to the goddess. It carries the names of King Iku Shamagan and a certain Sawādā, a cupbearer. 


Provenance: Mari
Era: Early Bronze Age. 
Diameter: 25 cm. 
Text: adapted from Muyassar Fattāl
Photography: Nicholas Randall
 





Highlights of the National Museum of Damascus. DGAM (Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées de Syrie). Ministère de la Culture, 2006.

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