MAAAT-QN-AO6501-001OBJECT RECORD — GENERAL CATEGORY

WINGED NUDE GODDESS ON IBEXES

Representation of the divine feminine in Mesopotamian religion of the Old Babylonian period; apotropaic and votive cult; direct comparison with the Queen of the Night. The bird-talon feet and the posture on ibexes evoke the chthonic forces of Mesopotamian cosmology; AO 6501 is cited as comparandum for the winged nude goddess type in studies on the Queen of the Night. For an updated interpretive reading of the zoomorphic iconography applicable to AO 6501 see Hirvonen.

Origin: No documented excavation context
Period: Old Babylonian Period (c. 2004–1595 BCE); “2nd millennium BCE” 2nd millennium BCE; c. 2004–1595 BCE
Provenance: No documented excavation context

Related archive records1

MAAAT-QN-BM-001 · DocumentQUEEN OF THE NIGHTQueen of the Night (EN) —current BM designation (from 2003); Burney Relief / Burney Plaque (historical name, after previous owner Sir Sydney Burney)

Catalogue metadata

Abstract dcterms:abstract: Mould-made terracotta plaque-figurine of a winged nude goddess wearing a horned tiara, with bird-talon feet, standing on two opposed ibexes; from southern Mesopotamia (unprovenanced, Collon 2005 p. 17),en
Type dcterms:type: Death record — Apotropaic objects
Relation dcterms:relation: MAAAT-QN-BM-001
Rights Holder dcterms:rightsHolder: Musèe du Louvreen