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Image View Description:

Head and the special crown of the Moon God

Date:

Early 7th century B.C.

Location:

Dohuk (Iraq)

Title Variant:

Maaltaya/ Maalthaya

Work Type:

sculpture

Material / Technique:

limestone

Style / Period:

Assyrian

Photographer:

Helen Malko

Notes:

Reliefs depict the Assyrian king worshipping to the main divinities in the Mesopotamian pantheon.

Image Source:

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Record ID:

1314_iraq2013_maltai_img_045