Sumerian wall plaque showing libation scenes (Ur, c. 2500 BC).The upper register of this plaque show
Sumerian wall plaque showing libation scenes (Ur, c. 2500 BC).The upper register of this plaque shows a naked priest followed bythree worshippers. The priest is pouring a liquid offering from aspouted vessel into a stemmed dish or stand, in front of the figureof a horned god.In the lower register there are three worshippers. One carries ananimal offering, and one is a woman who is shown “full-faced”. She may be a priestess, or she may represent the donor of the plaque. The priest here is pouring a libation in front of an unknown temple.This plaque was found at Ur, in the ruins of a residence of the highpriestess of Nanna (the moon god). It dates from the Early DynasticPeriod. -- source link
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