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| The '''Burney Relief''' is an early ] (ca. ]) ]n terracotta relief (alternately said to be "]" or "]") of a winged goddess-figure with ]'s talons, flanked by ]s and perched upon supine ]s. It is in the collection of Col. Norman Colville, England. The goddess has been identified with the Sumerian ''Kisikil-lilla-ke'' of the ], and, somewhat optimistically, with ] ] ]. | The '''Burney Relief''' is an early ] (ca. ]) ]n terracotta relief (alternately said to be "]" or "]") of a winged goddess-figure with ]'s talons, flanked by ]s and perched upon supine ]s. It is in the collection of Col. Norman Colville, England. The goddess has been identified with the Sumerian ''Kisikil-lilla-ke'' of the ], and, somewhat optimistically, with ] ] ]. | ||
| A very similar relief dating to roughly the same period is preserved in the ] (AO 6501). | A very similar relief dating to roughly the same period is preserved in the ] (AO 6501). | ||
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The Burney Relief is an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC) Mesopotamian terracotta relief (alternately said to be "Sumerian" or "Assyrian") of a winged goddess-figure with eagle's talons, flanked by owls and perched upon supine lions. It is in the collection of Col. Norman Colville, England. The goddess has been identified with the Sumerian Kisikil-lilla-ke of the Gilgamesh epos, and, somewhat optimistically, with 7th century BC Babylonian Lilitu. A very similar relief dating to roughly the same period is preserved in the Louvre (AO 6501).