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English: Original caption from photographer "Rosemaniakos" on Flickr:
  • Votive figure
  • Standing male worshiper, 2750-2600 B.C. (!!!)

Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Alabaster (gypsum), shell, black limestone, bitumen; H. 29.5 cm Fletcher Fund, 1940 (40.156)

  • In Mesopotamia gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C., was a "raging storm" or "wild bull," while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star. Deities literally inhabited their cult statues after they had been animated by the proper rituals, and fragments of worn statues were preserved within the walls of the temple.
  • This standing figure, with clasped hands and a wide-eyed gaze, is a worshiper. It was placed in the "Square Temple" at Tell Asmar, perhaps dedicated to the god Abu, in order to pray perpetually on behalf of the person it represented. For humans equally were considered to be physically present in their statues. Similar statues were sometimes inscribed with the names of rulers and their families.
Date December 30, 2005
Source Flickr
Author Rosemaniakos from Bejing (hometown)
Reviewer Makthorpe

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Following is email regarding the photos I have uploaded here from Flickr:

"Mak:
I agree the CC2.0 wording as noted on wikipedia. It's perfectly okay to use them there. Thanks a lot for your time.
sincerely,
rosemania"


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Camera manufacturer Canon
Camera model Canon DIGITAL IXUS 400
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F-number f/3.5
Date and time of data generation 18:40, 30 December 2005
Lens focal length 12.875 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
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File change date and time 22:13, 14 January 2006
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Date and time of digitizing 18:40, 30 December 2005
Image compression mode 3
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APEX aperture 3.625
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Maximum land aperture 3.625 APEX (f/3.51)
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Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
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