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The statues were to represent the ruler in temples, to offer a constant prayer in his stead; offerings were made to these. Most of the statues bear an inscribed dedication explaining to which god it was dedicated. Gudea is either sitting or standing; in one case (N), he holds a water-jug au vase jaillissant.
Gudea (Sumerian: π π€π, Gu 3-de 2-a) was a Sumerian ruler of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled c. 2080 –2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC (middle chronology).
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 ...
The ΚΏAin Ghazal Statues are today part of the collections of The Jordan Museum in Amman, with some also on display at the Amman Citadel's Jordan Archaeological Museum, while a few have been loaned to foreign museums: one statue is in the Louvre Museum in Paris; parts of three other statues can be seen at the British Museum in London; [9] and ...
Ningishzida (Sumerian: ππ©πππ£π D NIN.GΜIŠ.ZID.DA, possible meaning "Lord [of the] Good Tree") was a Mesopotamian deity of vegetation, the underworld and sometimes war. He was commonly associated with snakes. Like Dumuzi, he was believed to spend a part of the year in the land of the dead.
Gudea cylinders. Louvre. Gatumdug is mentioned in the text inscribed on the Gudea cylinders, [26] a hymn commemorating the rebuilding of Ningirsu's temple E-ninnu. [27] She is the first of the deities the eponymous ruler consults regarding the meaning of his dreams. [28] In his inquiry he refers to her as his mother and father. [9]
A statue of Ur-Ningirsu, dedicated to Ningishzida (Sumerian: ππππ£π, D Nin-αΈ‘iš-zi-da), is shared by The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, and the Musée du Louvre, as they own separately the head and the body of the statue, respectively. [3] [4] The statue has an inscription in the back, which reads:
The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38-foot (11.5 m) pedestal. Tallest stone sculpture statue contains 3681 stones ranges up to 15 tons per piece. 2000: Tathagata Tsal (Buddha Park of Ravangla) Gautam Buddha: Ravangla: Sikkim: 39 128 [7] 2013: Statue of Valour: Lachit Borphukan: Jorhat: Assam: 38.1 125: Bronze statue of ...