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English: The relief of Bernie (“Queen of the Night”), according to one version, is the image of Lilith; beginning of II millennium BC e. British museum
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Plaque of baked straw-tempered clay. The goddess was originally painted red.

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Burney Relief (Queen of the Night). Mesopotamian terracotta plaque depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by owls, and perched upon two lions. Height: 49.5 cm. Old-Babylonian, 19th-18th cent. BCE. British Museum

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Burney Relief

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current23:34, 27 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:34, 27 January 2007960 × 1,280 (583 KB)Hispalois== Description == {{BritishMuseum |Old Babylonian, probably 1792 - 1750 BC. |The Queen of the Night represents an ancient Babylonian goddess, probably Ishtar or Ereshkigal. It might also represent Lilitu, called Lilith in the Bible. Plaque of baked straw-

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