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Approximately twenty-seven statues of Gudea have been found in southern Mesopotamia. Gudea was a ruler of the state of Lagash between c. 2144 BC and 2124 BC, and the statues demonstrate a very sophisticated level of craftsmanship for that time. The known statues have been named by archaeologists as "A" to "Z" and "AA".
Foundation figurines of gods in copper alloy, reign of Gudea, c. 2150 BCE, from the temple of Ningirsu at Girsu (British Museum, London). Votive stele of Gudea, ruler of Lagash, to the temple of Ningirsu: Gudea being led by Ningishzida into the presence of a deity who is seated on a throne. From Girsu, Iraq. 2144-2124 BCE.
Gudea, ruler of Lagash (reign ca. 2144 to 2124 BC), was a great patron of new temples early in the period, and an unprecedented 26 statues of Gudea, mostly rather small, have survived from temples, beautifully executed, mostly in "costly and very hard diorite" stone. These exude a confident serenity. [89]
More than a dozen diorite statues of Gudea were discovered, during French excavations at Girsu in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in a Hellenistic-era shrine on the Mound of the Palais. The Adadnadinakhe bricks show that shrine was built by a minor local king, Adad-Nadin-Akhe, to honour Gudea on the site of his temple to Ningirsu, which ...
Votive column in the Roman forum remains in Zadar, Croatia. A votive column (also votive pillar) is the combination of a column (pillar) and a votive image. [1]The presence of columns supporting votive sculptures in Ancient Greek temples is well attested since at least the Archaic period.
The Adadnadinakhe bricks are a series of foundation bricks discovered at the Sumerian city of Girsu bearing the name "Adadnadinakhe" in bilingual Greek and Aramaic inscriptions. The bricks date back to the Seleucid Empire – 300-100 BCE – whilst the name appears to match the name of a Babylonian king ( Ashur-nadin-ahhe I or Ashur-nadin-ahhe ...
In ancient Greek and Roman temples, the cella was a room at the center of the building, usually containing a cult image or statue representing the particular deity venerated in the temple. In addition, the cella might contain a table to receive supplementary votive offerings , such as votive statues of associated deities, precious and semi ...
"Snake Goddess" or a priestess performing a ritual. Minoan religion was the religion of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization of Crete.In the absence of readable texts from most of the period, modern scholars have reconstructed it almost totally on the basis of archaeological evidence such as Minoan paintings, statuettes, vessels for rituals and seals and rings.