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Anunnaki: Media

Mesopotamian mythology

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Sumerian religion
Statue of a male worshiper, c. 2900–2600, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Fletcher Fund, 1940, 40.156, www.metmuseum.org
Cylinder seal depicting Ishtar on a platform within a canopied enclosure with two winged genies and a kneeling worshipping figure
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Gift of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, 1989 (accession no. 1989.361.1); www.metmuseum.org
Sumerian cuneiform inscription from the temple dedicated to Enlil at Nippur, Iraq
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941, 41.160.187, www.metmuseum.org