Upper part of a plaque with deity wearing a multiple horned crown, perhaps the goddess Ishtar

Details

• Title

  Upper part of a plaque with deity wearing a multiple horned crown, perhaps the goddess Ishtar

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Babil Governorate › Kish › Tell Uhaimir (3027A, 'House Ruins', surface) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Akkadian Empire (c. 2350 - 2150 BC)
  Ur III (c. 2112 - 2004 BC)
  Isin-Larsa Period (2000 - 1800 BC)
  Old Babylonian (c. 1900 - 1600 BC)

• Material and technique

  terracotta, cut and incised

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › plaque › votive plaque

• Dimensions

  6.4 cm (height)
  6.3 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Oxford Field Museum Expedition to Kish, 1926.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1926.423

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