The Queen of the Night

From the British Museum Scanned by Cosmo Wenman, http://cosmowenman.com Also known as The Burney Relief. Old Babylonian, 1800-1750 BC From southern Iraq A major acquisition for the British Museum's 250th anniversary Material: Baked straw-tempered clay Height: 49.500 cm Width: 37.000 cm Thickness: 4.800 cm (max.) British Museum Object Number: ME 2003-7-18,1 Room 56: Mesopotamia *********** Scanned by Cosmo Wenman using Autodesk 123D Catch at The British Museum, London, August 2012. For more information about this work visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/t/queen_of_the_night_relief.aspx *********** From the British Museum: "This large plaque is made of baked straw-tempered clay, modelled in high relief. The figure of the curvaceous naked woman was originally painted red. She wears the horned headdress characteristic of a Mesopotamian deity and holds a rod and ring of justice, symbols of her divinity. Her