File:Dumuzi aux enfers.jpg

Summary

Artist

Unknown artist

Description

Français : Impression d'un sceau cylindrique qui pourrait illustrer un épisode de la mythologie sumérienne où Dumuzi, un berger originaire de la ville d'Uruk, fut contraint de descendre dans le monde souterrain.

English: Printing of a cylindrical seal which might depict a tale from Sumerian mythology in which Dumuzi, a shepherd hailing from the city of Uruk, was compelled to enter the underworld.

Date

from 2600 until 2300 BC

Medium

engraving

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	The British Museum
	Location	London Borough of Camden , United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1759
	Website	britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Current location

Middle East

Accession number

123279

Place of discovery

Nuzi

References

cylinder seal - British Museum. britishmuseum.org. British Museum. Retrieved on 11 December 2023.

Source/Photographer

Henrietta Mac Call (1999) Mesopotamian Myths (University of Texas Press & British Museum Publications ed.), Bath (Avon), p. 71 ISBN: 9780292751309.

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