What is it?

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:14 pm » by **Pele**

OK no cheating.
What is it?

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:27 pm » by **Edgar 2.0**

An old-ass stone describing the experiment of an ancient Mesopotamian relative of Dr. Mengele?

Seriously, this thing is in Louvre, but beats the hell of me what would it represent...

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:37 pm » by **Thruster**

A product of someone's boredom on a Sunday afternoon?

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:41 pm » by **Edgar 2.0**

They were very fond of Divination, so they used the models of human organs such as these ones for practice :

http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/model-liver-divination

That's tablet of yours is probably something from a similar collection...

EDIT :

Found it. Here you go :

Clay tablet representing the bowels of a sheep. Model for the training of soothsayers. The inscription reads: "Left and right meet on the right, and meet an end here". Mesopotamia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%81r%C3%BBtu

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:43 pm » by **Pele**

Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:46 pm » by **Pele**

Incantation bowl from Mesopotamia.

Interesting stuff.

Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:15 pm » by **Edgar 2.0**

A lot of interesting stuff in Louvre as well.

Intended to be hung over the patient's bed, this plaque afforded protection from the terrible female demon Lamashtu, who appears on the front. She was believed to cause many illnesses. Her husband Pazuzu, shown on the back, is invoked to persuade her to go away and thus speed the patient's recovery.

http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/plaque-protection-against-female-demon-lamashtu

And here is the mighty Pazuzu:

Pazuzu was one of the demon-gods of the underworld, although he was sometimes invoked to beneficial ends. This bronze statuette is one of the finest representations of the figure. The inscription covering the back of the wings describes the demon's personality: "I am Pazuzu, son of Hanpa, king of the evil spirits of the air which issues violently from mountains, causing much havoc."

http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/statuette-demon-pazuzu-inscription

Damn, i'd be very scared if i'd stumble upon him in the middle of the night...

Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:35 pm » by **Perry LaGuardia**

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Hehehe!

Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:45 pm » by **E6722maj**

fossilized swiss roll

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Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:50 pm » by **Cia212**

Edgar 2.0 wrote:And here is the mighty Pazuzu:

Damn, i'd be very scared if i'd stumble upon him in the middle of the night...

Fear the priest... Merrin... Merrin!