From the Early Dynastic - Southern Mesopotamian Period, 2350
BCE - 2900 BCE
Wall Plaque Carved with Feasting Scene, stone, Found in Nippur.
Wall plaques were found in several Early Dynastic temples in various Mesopotamian
locations, from Ur to Khafaje and Nippur, and although their exact function
is unknown, one has been found with an inscription stating it was for
support of a mace (commonly offered in temples). The scenes on the plaques
usually represent a feast, such as the example above, but the feasts have
been interpreted as being votive meaning done or given to fulfil a vow
or promise in nature, rather than celebratory. Orthmann, Winfred. Der
Alte Oriente. Berlin: Propylaen, 1975, pl 79b.
| Note the figure with the left foot bare , liken to the oldest secret
society organisation of freemasons
from Jewarab roots holding
the flag , a square can mean restraint and the cross can interpret
the four corners of the world . The symbolic fish in Jewish symbolism means to have your eye's open in fear, since fish cannot close there eyes, of which the votive shows them feeding upon the fish.. |