#sumerian mythology

ERESHKIGAL: sumerian goddess of the underworld

(requested by @the-z-part)

Christopher Kane jacket for Ninlil, a Sumerian air goddess

Sumerian wall plaque showing libation scenes (Ur, c. 2500 BC).

The upper register of this plaque shows a naked priest followed by three worshippers.  The priest is pouring a liquid offering from a spouted vessel into a stemmed dish or stand, in front of the figure of a horned god.

In the lower register there are three worshippers.  One carries an animal offering, and one is a woman who is shown “full-faced”. She may be a priestess, or she may represent the donor of the plaque. The priest here is pouring a libation in front of an unknown temple.

This plaque was found at Ur, in the ruins of a residence of the high priestess of Nanna (the moon god).  It dates from the Early Dynastic Period.