Mari (Larsa period), Palace of Zimrilim : A water-dispensing goddess, c. 2040-1870 BC
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Strommenger, Eva
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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Body found in the "broad-roomed" temple 64 at the foot of the podium, head in the basin of courtyard 106. The aryballos in her hand is connected to an interior canal running vertically to the base. Water from a container placed at a height could rise through this canal and spurt out from the vase. The goddess, in a variant of the flounced dress, is bejewelled. Probably dated to the last period of the palace. See also : Andre Parrot, Sumer, translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons, London, Thames & Hudson, 1960, Figures 339-340, pp. 272-3. -- White stone, hair coloured red, eyes once inlaid, h : 1.4 m (Aleppo Museum).
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1964
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