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Erotic Relief
UnknownLast 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.
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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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