Alabaster and Bronze Thymiaterion Inanna Ishtar Lamp

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Beautiful museum bronze figure of the ancient Sumerian Goddess Inanna Ishtar, goddess of fertility, love, and war. Inanna Ishtar Goddess … more Beautiful museum bronze figure of the ancient Sumerian Goddess Inanna Ishtar, goddess of fertility, love, and war. Inanna Ishtar Goddess Bronze thymiaterion( incense burner) Incense Lamp. Sumerian figure of the goddess on a three-legged stand with a banded yellow alabaster bowl wired as an Edison bulb holder and with parchment shade with an inner bulb clamp to attach the shade to the bulb in the socket. The whole is mounted to a banded alabaster stand The measurements are 18.5" tall and 10.25" in diameter, and the bronze itself is 9.75" tall. The On/off switch is on the cord. Mid-century style and sculptural form found in a ancient sculpture piece, less