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Uruk (Early Suermian period) : Alabaster trough

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Authors

Strommenger, Eva
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Abstract

Description

This oblong trough with rounded base, like the alabaster vase from Uruk, probably belonged to the furnishings of Inanna's temple, since two reed bundles project from each of the reed huts in the centre of the long sides. The same symbols frame the scenes and appear in pairs on both short sides. Reed huts built in the same manner are still used in the marshes of southern Mesopotamia to house both men and animals. The hut on the trough was used as a sheepfold, and a lamb steps out on either wide facing the ewe and the ram.

Keywords

Mesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period, sculpture, stone, book scan

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201400

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Basham Photographs

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Image

Archives Series

Date created

1964

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License Rights

This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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