Votive Disk of Enheduanna, Ur, Iraq. 2300 - 2275 BCE.  made of alabaster; 10" in diame

Votive Disk of Enheduanna, Ur, Iraq. 2300 - 2275 BCE.  made of alabaster; 10" in diameter.  votive - an offering of thanks, almost always related to religion.  Enheduanna is the daughter of the King of Sargon. She is a princess, priestess, and poet.  Commemorates Ananna, a moon goddess (hence the round shape).  The disk is honoring Enheduanna’s worship of the goddess.  Princess is the second figure from the left, indicated by hierarchic proportion.  There is a priest, nude, making an offering to the altar of Ananna. Two female attendants are behind Enheduanna.  Praying with only right hand, sign of respect.  -- source link

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