File:Votive Bowl - Nippur Inanna Temple 7N-153.jpg

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English: Votive Bowl in Stone (Calcite), found in the Sumerian City of Nippur, in the Inanna Temple, Level VII (ED IIIA). Vowed to Inanna by Aka-Enlil. Translated in : A. Goetze, "Early Dynastic Dedication Inscriptions from Nippur", in Journal of Cuneiform Studies 23, 1970, p. 43-44. Cuneiform inscription : "To Inanna, Aka-Enlil, the chief merchant (damgar-gal), the son of Heti, dedicated (this)."
Date Early Dynastic IIIA (ca. 2600–2350 B.C.)
Medium Calcite
Dimensions H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art (Gallery 403)
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62.70.10
Credit line Dug in 1960-1961.
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325416

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