A limestone wall plaque displays two libation scenes. In the top register, a naked priest with long hair pours a libation on an altar set before an enthroned, bearded god with a horned crown. The three smaller figures behind him might be priestesses. Below, a bald and naked priest performs a similar ritual at a temple door. Overseeing the rite is a woman in the frontal stance, which signifies her importance. She wears the roll-rim hat of the en-priestess (Winter 1987). Her heavy curled locks fall over her shoulders. Two other figures behind her, one male and one female, carry offerings. The plaque was found, as was the "Enheduanna disk," in the gipar of the great temple of the moon god at Ur. The gipar was the residence and offices of the high priestess, spouse of the great god Nanna. Dated ca. 2550-2250 BCE.
Drawing © S. Beaulieu, after Aruz 2003: 74 Plate 33