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The horns: symbol of power An iconographical study in Mesopotamian Art

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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The horns play an important role in the civilizations of the ancient Near East, and in Mesopotamia in particular, where man considered them a symbol of strength and fertility because the animals that possessed them were characterized by these qualities. By the time the man borrows this animal part to indicate his strength as a human. Many modern civilizations believe that the presence of horns on the head point to a primitive demonic origin, while in Mesopotamia it was considered to be a divine and sacred origin.

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10.21608/jarch.2022.212070

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Horns -qarnu, Ibex - bull man- Apkallu, bull- moon horn

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Mostafa Abd Elmohsen

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faculty of Archeology –Aswan University

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2022

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2022-01-01

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2021-11-02

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2022-01-01

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247

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288

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1110-5801

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2682-4884

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مجلة کلية الآثار . جامعة القاهرة

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The horns: symbol of power An iconographical study in Mesopotamian Art

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22 Jan 2023