Nameless Mother

Empress of the Darkest Nights

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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 Ištar, a goddess of beauty and sexual love (but equally prominent as the goddess of warfare) whose name is many times  translated as “the lady of the heavens”. 

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Weight 250 g
Color

Black

Fabric

100% Cotton, 190gr

Model

Unisex

Printed in

Silk Screen, water-based ink

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A (cm)475053565962
B (cm)676971747679