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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Reliefs in the United Kingdom, Sculpture of the Ancient Near East, Nude art, Forgery controversies, 1933 archaeological discoveries
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Burney Relief  Queen of the Night  Queen of the Night Relief  the Burney Relief
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The Burney Relief is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Wikipedia
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The Burney Relief is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old-Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Wikipedia
Historical artifact Wikidata
IS A
sculpture
PART OF
Isin-Larsa period
COLLECTION
British Museum
COPYRIGHT STATUS
public domain
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Babylonia
DEPICTS
Ereshkigal
Inanna
Ishtar
FABRICATION METHOD
relief
bas-relief
LOCATION
British Museum
MATERIAL USED
fireclay
terra cotta
NAMED AFTER
Sydney Burney
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Burney Relief
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Burney Relief
Wikipedia Redirections
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Burney relief, Queen of the Night Relief, the Burney Relief
Wikidata Alias
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Queen of the Night

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