Posted 10 months ago
markalan702
(47 items)
Hello, I wondered if anyone has seen a set like this they are well made and every panel has a different seen and different script written above each. There are no markings and them anywhere accept the script writing, If anyone can translate anything pictured perhaps I can find out who made these, Thanks much Ahead
Found a description of a similar scene..
"Scene represents an episode from ancient Mesopotamian mythology- the Bull of Heaven, a mythical beast, is fought by the hero Gilgamesh. In Tablet VI of the standard Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar demands the Bull of Heaven from her father Anu after Gilgamesh repudiates her sexual advances. Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay the Bull together..."
I believe the other scene is Ahura Mazda..God of light, creation and wisdom?
https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Ahura_Mazda
insert Sin-Leqi-Unninni
insert enkido
this is suq ware probably, i wonder this is a abriq set or did they just gathered it , probably, plated , it is not the right relief ,sort punching and plating, likely mostly metal
a lid has started to give way, probably made quite recent
for the rest it is just an Sin-Leqi-Unninni scene
Thanks , It may be plated i posted a pic, the inside is a gold color, Copper? anyway thanks .
Nothing stamped on the bottom?
not one hallmark anyplace, I have looked all over . odd