The exhibition focuses attention on the distinctive style and far-reaching influence of the art created by the Sumerians of lower Mesopotamia ... ruler and the goddess Ishtar, invoked in matters ...

Not only did the Mesopotamians worship the goddess Ishtar (in Akkadian) or Inanna (in Sumerian), but they also ... rarely seen throughout art history—seems almost unbelievable.

lead exhibition curator and the museum’s curator of Chinese art. “Inanna (Ishtar), goddess of love and war, was the most powerful female deity in the Mesopotamian pantheon, and venerated both ...

Cylinder seal (modern impression) with goddesses Ninishkun and Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Akkadian, Akkadian period (ca. 2334–2154 BCE), Cuneiform inscription: “To the deity Niniškun, Ilaknuid ...

So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be focusing on Sumerian Art (4000-2000 B.C.) and the other blog post will focus on Babylonian art.

The Ishtar Gate, named after a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war ... including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. There are also substantial remains present in Iraq, and in ...

She did so by helping meld the beliefs and rituals associated with the Sumerian goddess Inanna with those of the Akkadian goddess Ishtar, and by emphasising those links in her literary and ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has returned an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq following an internal review by the institution, which recently appointed a head of provenance ...