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Erotic Relief

Unknown Last Quarter 2nd millennium BCE

Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

An erotic relief, at first seemingly secular, can also be interpreted as a religious sex act; in a metaphorical sense it could represent the socalled sacred wedding , in which intercourse is to be understood as a fertility rite.

Details

Title: Erotic Relief
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: Last Quarter 2nd millennium BCE
Location: Assur (Qalat Šergat), Iraq
Physical Dimensions: w4.2 x h4.9 cm
Type: Bas -relief
Medium: Plumb
Inv. no.: VA Ass 4244
ISIL no.: DE-MUS-815718
External link: Pergamonmuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Copyrights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Olaf M.Teßmer || Text © Pestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Beate Salje
Collection: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

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