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Français : Plaque votive.English: Votive plate.
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Français : Plaque votive.
English: Votive plate.
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Français : Plaque votive. Représentation de Gilgamesh, le roi-héros de la ville d'Uruk, combattant le "taureau des cieux". Mais il pourrait également s'agir de Lakmu ("le bouclé"), dieu akkadien des fleuves souterrains souvent représenté au côté de l'homme taureau, le Kusarikku.
English: Votive plate. Representation of Gilgamesh, the king-hero from the city of Uruk, battling the 'bull of heavens'. But it could also be lakmu ("the curly"), Akkadian God of underground rivers often represented alongside the bull man, the Kusarikku.
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