APPENDIX OF IMAGES Jan L. Newton
No. 1
Scorpions and Rosette c. 3300 BCE Gawra period Steatite. Stamp seal North Mesopotamia Inanna's symbol, the eight-pointed star or rosette, appears between the pincers of two scorpions on the square face of this stamp seal.
Source: http://cas.buffalo.edu/english/faculty/christian/syllabi/375/hhjw1/127026.jpg,
From http://cas.buffalo.edu/english/faculty/christian/syllabi/375/hhjw1/hhjw1.htm.
King Feeding Rosette Flowers to Sheep c. 3200-3000 BCE Late Uruk-Jemdet Nasr period Marble. Cylinder seal Mesopotamia A bearded male figure wears a round cap and a skirt with netlike pattern. This man appears on many artifacts excavated at Inanna's city, Uruk, and may represent the en, or priest-king, of the city, who assumes the role of divine consort of Inanna in the sacred marriage ceremony. Clasped to his chest are two curving branches ending in rosette-flowers. These rosette symbols of Inanna are nibbled by maned sheep, literally portraying the nourishment of the flocks ensured by the union of the goddess and her consort. The emblems of Inanna that flank the scene suggest that it is taking place within the sacred precinct of her temple.
Source: http://cas.buffalo.edu/english/faculty/christian/syllabi/375/hhjw1/127032.jpg,
From http://cas.buffalo.edu/english/faculty/christian/syllabi/375hhjw1.hhjw1.htm.
No. 3
Royal tombs of Ur Mesopotamia On the top : PG 800 n¡ U 10478. 2700-2500 B. C. 35x12 cm Museum of Philadelphia. On the bottom : Schub-ad queen grave : PG 513 n¡ U 9000. 2700-2500 B. C. 27x12 cm. British Museum E 66216. Both have been restored. They were made of lapis-lazuli, shells and bones inlaid with tar.
Source: http://game.history.free.fr/images/fichiers_images/tombes_ur.htm
From "Divination and Recreation in Ancient Near Eastern Board Games",
by Pascal Romain, http://www.chocolatey.com/pascal/index.php?id=4
No. 4
From Tombe royale d'Ur PG 789 n¡ U 10557.2700-2500 av. J.-C. Boite de Jeu de 20 cases en bois decore d'argent, de coquille et de lapis-lazuli retrouve face decoree en direction du sol. Cases decorees de dessins geometriques ou d'animaux. Musee de Bagdad 8221 Restaure. 34.5 x 13. 5 cm.
Source: http://www.chocolatey.com/pascal/images/fichiers_images/ur_anim.htm
From ÒDivination and Recreation in Ancient Near Eastern Board GamesÓ,
by Pascal Romain, http://www.chocolatey.com/pascal/index.php?id=4
No. 5
Astarte/Asherah with serpents and colts, dancing upon skulls
Source: http://sacredsource.com/pictures.t_astarte.jpg;
see also http://www.piney.com/Asherah.html
No. 6
"Snake board" excavated at Shahr-i Sokhta dated 2400-2300 BCE, "Die Steine der Weisen", Gerhard Josten, 1992
Source: "Evidence of Western Cultural Connections from a Phase 3 Group of Graves at Shar-i Sokhta", M. Piperno, S. Salvatori, Mesopotamien und Sein Nachbarn, Band 1, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1987, pgs. 79-84, Tafel XXII. The illustration (Fig. 4) is described as "The wooden gaming board found in grave IUP 731 at Shahr-i Sokhta".
No. 7
Mehen Board with marbles and lioness pieces.
Source: Ancient Egypt: Play, ChildrenÕs Games, http://www.terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics.games.htm
No. 8
The goddess Wadjet wearing the crown of Lower Egypt
Source: "The Serpent of Wisdom", Don Cardoza, http://www.angelfire.com/nt/dragon9/SERPENT2.html
No. 9
Detail depicting Re on the Funerary Stela of Diefankh, Dynasty 22 or 23 (945-712 b.c.) Plaster and painted wood. University of Pennsylvania Museum
Source: Seattle Museum, http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Exhibitions/Egypt/emania/epedia/deities/Re.htm
No. 10
From Tomb of Seti I, Son of Rameses I Mehen (the undulating red serpent surrounding the shrine) enclosing Re (Ra) as the god Khnem
Source: Pictorial representation of the journey of the dead, compiled from various tombs, http://www.gallica.co.uk/Egypt/page2.htm
Not shown:
From Tomb of Horemheb (XVIII Dynasty). General under Akhnaton and Tutankhamen, later Viceroy of Egypt, another depiction of the Solar Boat, showing Re (Ra) protectively encircled by Mehen (again depicted as an undulating red serpent),
No. 11
Solar-ship of Re-Atum. Jackals in the front represent Anubis, the baboon is a symbol of Thoth and Mehen is encircled around Osiris
From: "Divination and recreation in Ancient Near
Eastern Board Games", Pascal Romain, 1999, http://www.chocolatey.com/pascal/index.php?id=4
Source: P.A. Piccione, Journal of Egyptian Archeology 70, 1984; In searching
for the meaning of Senet, in Archaeology 33, New York, p.55 ˆ 59
No. 12
Tanith, the Phoenician
serpent goddess, an aspect of Astarte
Source: "The Serpent of Wisdom", http://www.angelfire.com/nt/dragon9/SERPENT2.html
No. 13
18th Dynasty bowl, from the Berlin Collection, fish and lotus offering bowl to Hathor.
Source: "The Images and Power of Motherhood Ð in the New Kingdom", Jessi Stumpfel, Spring, 1999, http://www.duke.edu/~jls26/egypt.html.
No. 14
Translation of gold plaque of Canaanite Goddess (Astarte-Ashtoreth), from Lachish 13th century BCE (Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
Source: Eve and the Identity of Women, "6. The Old
Testament, Women & Evil"., Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe,
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/eve-women/6womenevil.html