File:Queen of the Night (Babylon).jpg

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Burney Relief (Queen of the Night). Mesopotamian terracotta plaque depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Height: 49.5 cm. Old-Babylonian, 19th-18th cent. BCE. British Museum

Object

Burney Relief  wikidata:Q1016771 reasonator:Q1016771
Title
Burney Relief
label QS:Lit,"Rilievo Burney"
label QS:Lfr,"Plaque Burney"
label QS:Leu,"Gauaren erregina"
label QS:Lde,"Burney-Relief"
label QS:Lzh,"伯尼浮雕"
label QS:Lsl,"Relief Kraljice noči"
label QS:Lja,"バーニーの浮彫"
label QS:Lru,"Рельеф Берни"
label QS:Lca,"La Reina de la Nit (relleu)"
label QS:Leo,"Burney-reliefo"
label QS:Lhe,"תבליט ברני"
label QS:Lnl,"Burney Relief"
label QS:Lml,"ബേണി റിലീഫ്"
label QS:Lsi,"බර්නී උන්නතය"
label QS:Les,"La Reina de la Noche (relieve)"
label QS:Ltr,"Burney Rölyefi"
label QS:Len,"Burney Relief"
label QS:Lar,"منحوتة ملكة الليل"
label QS:Lel,"Η Βασίλισσα της Νυκτός"
label QS:Lnb,"Burneyrelieffet"
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Part of Isin-Larsa period Edit this at Wikidata
Object type high relief / terracotta / plaque Edit this at Wikidata
Language no linguistic content Edit this at Wikidata
Date 19th century BC
date QS:P,-1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium terracotta, fire clay, relief and bas-relief Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 49.5 cm (19.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 37 cm (14.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; thickness: 4.8 cm (1.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+49.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+37U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+4.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Accession number
2003,0718.1 (British Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Babylonia Edit this at Wikidata
References http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1355376&partId=1 (English) Edit this at Wikidata
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Description
English: The relief of Bernie (“Queen of the Night”), according to one version, is the image of Lilith; beginning of II millennium BC e. British museum
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Author Hispalois
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Plaque of baked straw-tempered clay. The goddess was originally painted red.

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current23:34, 27 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:34, 27 January 2007960 × 1,280 (583 KB)Hispalois (talk | contribs)== Description == {{BritishMuseum |Old Babylonian, probably 1792 - 1750 BC. |The Queen of the Night represents an ancient Babylonian goddess, probably Ishtar or Ereshkigal. It might also represent Lilitu, called Lilith in the Bible. Plaque of baked straw-

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