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The Goddess Nanše an attempt to identify her Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

K. R. Maxwell-Hyslop
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Two unpublished terracottas from Ur, now in the British Museum, and a terracotta from Ur, now in the University Museum, Philadelphia, deserve attention for the contribution they can make to the problem of identifying the well known “goddess on a goose”. I am grateful to Carole Mendleson for the catalogue descriptions for Nos. 1–2.

(1) B.M. 127484. U. 17163 (Diqdiqqah), Plate VIIa. 60 × 78 mm. Chair relief. Bottom part only remaining. A figure, almost certainly the same goddess as No. 2 below), wearing a flounced and pleated skirt. She is seated on a standing “goose” and faces to the right with her feet resting on a seated “goose”. The entire scene is on a platform. This appears to be a sideways view of the scene shown in B.M. 1933–10–13, 215 (see No. 2 below) though there is no sign of flowing streams. The relief is well made with details of the standing bird's feathers clearly shown.

Smooth reddish clay, buff on the outside; feet of the chair broken off.

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IRAQ , Volume 54 , 1992 , pp. 79 - 82
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1992 

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