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Western Asiatic Macehead with Gods and Animals

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Western Asiatic Macehead with Gods and Animals

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Early Dynastic III, 2900 BC-2350 BC. A white fine grained stone macehead with vase-shaped body and pierced through the centre; to one side the lion-headed bird deity Imdugud with wings outstretched; to the other a male figure facing front wearing a tall headdress and kilt, holding two rearing bulls by the head. For a similar mace head with the image of Imdugud see The British Museum accession number 23287 490 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from a major Mayfair gallery; acquired on the London art market before 1999. In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, Imdugud, also known as AnzÃ», is a divine storm-bird and the personification of the southern wind and the thunder clouds.This demon stole the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil and hid them on a mountaintop. Anu ordered the other gods to retrieve the tablet, even though they all feared the demon. According to one text, Marduk killed the bird; in another, it died through the arrows of the god Ninurta. Anzu also appears in the story Inanna and the huluppu tree, which is part of the Akkadian story of Gilgamesh in the section called 'Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Nether World.'