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Small plaque with scene of plant watering
© Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Small plaque with scene of plant watering

Limestone, middle of 3rd millennium B.C.
Tello (ancient Girsu)
Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. AO 276

On this votive plaque, a nude figure is shown watering a little potted plant. At left, a goddess in a long gown appears to be seated on a throne dug out in a mountain.