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Figure 17. Inanna figurine. Alabaster, garnets, and gold. ht. 9”. ca. fifth century BCE. Seleucid; Babylonian. Louvre, Inv. AO 20127. Courtesy of the Musée du Louvre. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter. |
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Figure 18. Ishtar with wings; Akkadian; cylinder seal from the British Museum, BM No. 1891.5-9.2553. ca. 2550 BCE. Courtesy of the British Museum. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter. |
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Figure 19. Winged Anat. Cylinder seal. Ras Shamra, Syria, sixteenth-thirteenth centuries BCE. Louvre. Depiction: Inv. No. AO17.242; Cylinder Seal: R.S.5.089. Courtesy of the Musée du Louvre. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter. |
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Figure 20. Bronze figure of Hathor with head of a cow. Fourth century BCE. Serapeion, Memphis, Egypt. ht o,95; lg o,63. Louvre, AF 303. Courtesy of the Musée du Louvre. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter. |
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Figure 21. Hathor (as a white cow) appearing out of the Western mountain. Papyrus of Ani. Egypt. ca. 1250 BCE. British Museum. Inv. 10470.37. Courtesy of the British Museum. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter. |