Standing male worshiper, Early Dynastic I-II, ca. 2900–2600 , Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Sumerian, Gypsum

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Standing male worshiper, Early Dynastic I-II, ca. 2900–2600 , Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, 11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( x x 10 cm), Stone-Sculpture, In Mesopotamia gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium , was a 'raging storm' or 'wild bull,' while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star

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