Temple dog
€228.00
Product number:
37037591986
Product information "Temple dog"
The artists of the ancient Orient always had a preference for animals, which they believed symbolised the elemental forces more adequately than humans. This guard dog was intended as a sacrifice to the goddess Nin-isina; the dedication states that 'the ecstatic priest and great singer Abba-duga' had it sculpted as an intercessory votive offering for the king of Ur. Original: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Sumero-Akkadian, Isin period, 19th century BC, bronze. Polymer ars mundi museum replica, cast by hand, with bronzed surface. Height with shell limestone base 10 cm.