Sumerian religion
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Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq. The Sumeri
Wall plaque showing libations by devotees and a naked priest, to a seated god and a temple. Ur, 2500 BCE.
Plaque with a libation scene. 2550-2250 BCE, Royal Cemetery at Ur.
Statuette of a Sumerian worshipper from the Early Dynastic Period, ca. 2800-2300 BC
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by galla demons
Eridu
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Eridu was a Sumerian city located at Tell Abu Shahrain, also Abu Shahrein or Tell Abu Shahrayn, an archaeological site in Lower Mesopotamia. It is located in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, near the modern
Ruins of a ziggurat at Eridu
Pre-historic building layers in Eridu. The "Temple Sequence" starts at level XI (Salmon background rows in the table to the left)
Bowl; mid 6th–5th millennium BC; ceramic; 6.99 cm; Tell Abu Shahrain; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bowl; mid 6th–5th millennium BC; ceramic; Tell Abu Shahrain; Metropolitan Museum of Art