- Fritz Janschka
- Evolution 4: Assyro-Babylonian, 2005
- Watercolor on paper
- 8.125 x 9.5 in (20.64 x 24.13 cm)
- Signature: Signed and dated on front
- Inv: 2025.3.1
Evolution 4: Assyro-Babylonian DC 2025.3.1
Winged female deity with sacred tree
Collossal [sic] human-headed winged bull, from the palace of Sargon at Khorsabad.
Goddess Ishtar “riding” on a lion (Lady of Battles)
Protector of Ashur-Nazir-Pall II with pinecone sprinkler and purified water
Akkadien [sic] priest (or king?) from Nineveh
VII Songs, music by George Rochberg, text by Francesca Rochberg)
1983
Song II, Songs of Inanna Dumuzi, translated from Sumarian [sic] Clay Tablets
(Love between the young shephurd [sic] god Dumuzi and Inanna
(Called Queen of Heaven) Sumerian Goddess of Love
Song II
He blossoms, he abounds; he is like the watered lettuce piled up in the shade of the garden; he is like the watered lettuce, my barley, overflowing with loveliness in the furrow;
He is like the watered lettuce,
My best apple tree which bears fruit;
He is like the watered lettuce
Honey man, honey man, you are so sweet to me.
My lord, honey man of the gods, beauty of his mother.
His hand is honey, his foot is honey;
You are so sweet to me.
His limbs are honey sweet; you are so sweet to me.
……………………….
My most graceful lettuce…..in the plain;
He is like the watered lettuce
- Subject Matter: Narrative
- Attribution: Gift of Fred Lopp '63
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