This illustration dates to around 1898 and shows Anou or Dagon from a relief at Nimroud (also spelled Nimrod). Dagon is an ancient Mesopotamian deity, often associated with fertility and agriculture. The fish seen here with him was known as dag, hence the reason for his name. Nimroud (also spelled Nimrod) is the Assyrian name for the city of Kalhu on the Nineveh plains. Nimroud is located south of present-day Mosul in Iraq. Anou (also spelled Anu) was the ancient Mesopotmaian god of the sky. Anou was originally the supreme deity of the Babylonian pantheon.

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