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The '''Burney Relief''' is an early ] (ca. ]) ]n terracotta relief (alternately said to be "]" or "]n") of a winged goddess-figure with ]'s talons, flanked by ]s and perched upon supine ]s. It is in the British museum London, 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 "]ian" or "]n") of a winged goddess-figure with ]'s talons, flanked by ]s and perched upon supine ]s. It is in the British museum London, 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, ca. 1950 BC.

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 British museum London, 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).

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