File:British Museum Queen of the Night.jpg

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English: Relief. Old Babylonian (Mesopotamia). Iraq, south. 19thC BC-18thC BC. Rectangular, baked clay relief panel, H 49.50 cm., Thickness: 4.8 cm.; modelled in relief on the front depicting a nude female figure with tapering feathered wings and talons, standing with her legs together; shown full frontal, wearing a headdress consisting of four pairs of horns topped by a disc; wearing an elaborate necklace and bracelets on each wrist; holding her hands to the level of her shoulders with a rod and ring in each; figure supported by a pair of addorsed lions above a scale-pattern representing mountains or hilly ground, and flanked by a pair of standing owls. Known as the "Burney Relief" or the "Queen of the Night". Museum number 2003,0718.1 [1]
Français : Relief. Ancien babylonien (Mésopotamie). Irak, sud. 19e-18e siècle AEC. Panneau rectangulaire en relief en terre cuite, H 49,50 cm., Épaisseur : 4,8 cm.; modelé en relief face avant, représentant une figure féminine nue avec des ailes et des serres à plumes effilées, debout, les jambes jointes ; représenté de face, coiffe composée de quatre paires de cornes surmontées d'un disque ; porte un collier élaboré et des bracelets à chaque poignet ; tenant ses mains au niveau de ses épaules avec une tige et un anneau dans chacune ; figure soutenue par une paire de lions adossés au-dessus d'une échelle représentant des montagnes ou un terrain vallonné, et flanquée d'une paire de hiboux. Relief connu sous le nom de "Burney Relief" ou la "Reine de la nuit". Numéro du musée 2003,0718.1 [2]
Date 24 June 2010
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Source/Photographer BabelStone (Own work)

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British Museum reference 2003,0718.1
Detailed description Rectangular, baked clay relief panel; modelled in relief on the front depicting a nude female figure with tapering feathered wings and talons, standing with her legs together; shown full frontal, wearing a headdress consisting of four pairs of horns topped by a disc; wearing an elaborate necklace and bracelets on each wrist; holding her hands to the level of her shoulders with a rod and ring in each; figure supported by a pair of addorsed lions above a scale-pattern representing mountains or hilly ground, and flanked by a pair of standing owls. Known as the "Burney Relief" or the "Queen of the Night".
Size Height: 49.5 centimetres
Width: 37 centimetres
Thickness: 4.8 centimetres
Location G56/MES1/23

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