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A - Chest (cm)515661
B - Length (cm)46.048.551.0

Meaning

“The Mother-goddess Ishtar” illustration by Evelyn Paul. Taken from “Myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria” by Lewis Spence, 1916.

The Nameless Mother reflects a free interpretation of the well known “Burney Relief” aka “Queen of the Night relief”, a powerful artifact that haunts a hallway of the British Museum. 

This terracota high relief is a mysterious piece originally discovered in southern Iraq, dated probably between 1800 and 1750 BCE (old Babylon). Its exact find-site remains unknown due to the lack of records, generating some doubts of its authenticity. The main character on this plaque has been the subject of debate for a very long time and it seems that there is no agreement regarding the true identity of the featured goddess. 

Some argue that she’s Lilith, a female demon from the Ancient Mesopotamian religion – assuming sometimes the role of first wife of Adam as in the Judaic tradition. Others find a curious relation between the elements on the plaque and other artistic representations (from the same period) of…