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Clean-shaven male Worshipper torso
Bald, clean-shaven male worshipper torso, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 3, 20181 min read
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Copper Male Worshipers that changed the way we think of Sumerians
Support in the form of a nude male worshipper, 1 of 2, Khafajah, Temple Oval I, Early Dynastic period, 2900-2700 BC, copper alloy -...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Sinful Proud male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple
Standing male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, alabaster - Oriental Institute Museum, University...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Malicious Sumerian Woshipper
Seated male figure holding cup, Tell Agrab, Main Shara Temple, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute Museum,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Male worshipper headless in full tufted skirt
Male worshipper in full tufted skirt, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute Museum,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Female worshipper Nippur, Inanna Temple
Female worshipper with tufted skirt, Nippur, Inanna Temple VIIB, Early Dynastic period, 2600-2500 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute Museum,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Female Worshipper with very very plain dress
Female worshipper with plain dress and braided hairstyle, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell -...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Sumerian Worshipper - Single-Shrine Temple of Abu
Bearded male worshipper, Tell Asmar, Single-Shrine Temple of Abu, Early Dynastic period, 2550-2450 BC, gypsum - Oriental Institute...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Blind Albino Sumerian Male Worshipper, Sin Temple
Bearded male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell, bitumen - Oriental Institute...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Bearded male worshipper with cup, Tell Asmar
Bearded male worshipper with cup, Tell Asmar, Square Temple of Abu, Shrine II, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum, bitumen,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Clean-shaven male worshipper, Tell Asmar - Lapis Eyes
Bald, clean-shaven male worshipper, Tell Asmar, Square Temple of Abu, Shrine II, Early Dynastic period, 2700-2600 BC, gypsum, shell,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum
Bald, bearded male worshipper, Khafajah, Sin Temple IX, Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC, gypsum, shell - Oriental Institute Museum,...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Sulaymaniyah Museum worshippers
A statue of a Sumerian worshipper. Marble, early dynastic period, 2800-2300 BCE, Mesopotamia, Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Sumerian Worshipper Kur-lil - British Museum
The inscription has been read as Kurlil; presumably the same Kurlil who was an official in the city of Uruk and who was responsible for...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Sumerian Worshipper from Nintu Temple - Mami Goddess
Mami is a goddess in the Babylonian epic Atra-Hasis and in other creation legends. She was probably synonymous with Ninhursag. She was...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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Standing Sumerian Worshipper - Met Museum
During the so-called Early Dynastic period (ca. 2900–2350 B.C.), life in the cities of Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) was focused on the...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20183 min read
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Female Sumerian Worshipper - Met Musuem
This statue of a standing woman with her hands clasped in front of her chest was found in the plasterings of a mud-brick bench located in...

Ryan Moorhen
Aug 1, 20181 min read
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The Nergal Fragment that Changed the World
A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple of God Nergal by a high official. The carved scenes in low relief...

Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
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Nergal - Essential Sumerian Knowledge
NergalGod of war, plague, death, and disease📷Ancient Parthian relief carving of Nergal from Hatra in Iraq, dating to the first or second...

Ryan Moorhen
Jul 30, 20181 min read
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Stele of the protective goddess Lama
Stele of the protective goddess Lama Period:KassiteDate:ca. 1307–1282 B.C.Geography:Southern MesopotamiaCulture:KassiteMedium:Gypsum...

Ryan Moorhen
Jul 28, 20182 min read
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