#khafaje

[druidicentropy]

'Ain Samiya goblet

In a tomb at Ain Samiya, close to present day Ramallah, Palestine, a silver cup from the Middle Bronze Age I (2300-2000 BC) was discovered. It is known as the "Ain Samiya Goblet." It shows a double-headed god planting crops with an animal body and holding parts of a dead serpent with two male figures. The scenes are said to show a draft of the Enuma Elish, the babylonian creation epic, and the victory of Marduk, the patron god of Babylon, over Tiamat. The goblet bears similarities to modern representations of the Babylonian captivity, such as the Khafaje plaque, and exhibits evident Mesopotamian influences on Proto-Canaanite culture.

[bagdemagus]

Alabaster heads from statues with shell and lapis lazuli inlay Khafaje, Iraq, Nintu Temple level VI ca. 2475-2300 BCE

Penn Museum, 38-10-51 and 38-10-52

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Standing male figure.

Place of origin: Khafaje, Iraq

Period: Early Dynastic

Medium: Stone

[dam-nugig]

Female Worshiper from Khafajah at the Iraq Museum

[bagdemagus]

Cylinder seal with goat, tree, and door Jemdet Nasr period, ca. 3100-2900 BCE Excavated at Khafaje

[bagdemagus]

Alabaster statuette with shell and lapis lazuli inlay Khafaje (Iraq), Nintu Temple level VI ca. 2475-2300 BCE

Penn Museum, 37-15-28

[bagdemagus]

“Piedmont style” cylinder seal in fired steatite ca. 3000 BCE Excavated at Khafaje, modern Iraq

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/id/9e895715-b0b6-418c-b3cb-c4ace253d2a5

[bagdemagus]

Cylinder seal with combat of man, bull-man, bulls, and lions Early Dynastic II period, ca. 2700-2500 BCE Excavated in the Oval Temple at Khafaje

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago https://oi-idb.uchicago.edu/id/014a2a08-cc04-4c07-967b-00bd1d9a971e