Harpy - Nimrud ivory plaque 8th century BC
Merci bien à Paul-Eugène pour l'indication à cette Harpyie insatiable et dangereuse.
Peter
Bagdad Museum
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Inscription:
Belonging to Mullissu-mukannishat-Ninua, queen of Ashurnasirpal, king of Assyria, of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria.
No one later may place herein anyone else, whether a palace lady or a queen, nor remove this sarcophagus from its place; whoever removes this sarcophagus from its place, his spirit will not receive funerary offerings with other spirits: it is a taboo of Shamash and Ereshkigal—daughter of Ashur-nêrkada’’inni,chief cup-bearer of Ashurnasirpal, king of Assyria.
Harpy - Nimrud ivory plaque 8th century BC
Merci bien à Paul-Eugène pour l'indication à cette Harpyie insatiable et dangereuse.
Peter
Bagdad Museum
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Inscription:
Belonging to Mullissu-mukannishat-Ninua, queen of Ashurnasirpal, king of Assyria, of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria.
No one later may place herein anyone else, whether a palace lady or a queen, nor remove this sarcophagus from its place; whoever removes this sarcophagus from its place, his spirit will not receive funerary offerings with other spirits: it is a taboo of Shamash and Ereshkigal—daughter of Ashur-nêrkada’’inni,chief cup-bearer of Ashurnasirpal, king of Assyria.