Milker frieze
The Milker Frieze is a frieze framed with copper that was found during archaeological excavations in the Ninursag Temple in Tell el-Obed . It dates from the later Early Dynasty (around the first half of the 25th century BC) and is now in the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad .
On the right of the frieze, two cows can be seen milking and two calves with their mouths tied. In the middle of the frieze is a reed hut from which two more calves emerge. On the left of the hut people are shown straining milk . Large, tapering vessels can be seen as storage vessels for the milk. The people are dressed in shaggy skirts , which are known from ceremonial scenes. Accordingly, it could be a cultic representation in which priests process milk in the service of the goddess Ninursanga .
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literature
- Donald P. Hansen : Early Sumerian and Early Dynastic Flat Art. In: Winfried Orthmann (Ed.): The Old Orient (= Propylaea Art History. Volume 18). Berlin 1975, p. 191 Fig. 94