Monday, January 30, 2006

Gilgamesh reproductions online

Here's just the thing for your dorm room--a scaled down reproduction of the fourteen foot high statue of Gilgamesh that stands in the Louvre. Only $111 !! Here are the details from Talaria Enterprises, a company that specializes in such things:
Gilgamesh Hero from Uruk
This self-standing relief illustrates Gilgamesh, a historical king of Uruk in Babylonia (modern Iraq), who lived around 2700 BC. His mythical exploits survive for us in the Epic of Gilgamesh, a 3,000-line epic poem, in which its hero undertakes a voyage to the netherworld, the land of No Return, in his attempt to understand his surroundings and find meaning in human existence. The original, now in the Louvre Museum, is almost 14 feet high and came from the throne room of the palace of Sargon, Dur Sharroukin c. 700 BC. Reproduction is made from resin, hand finished green and brown, 16”H x 8.75”W x 3”L, 13 lbs.4342, $111
Available LATE DECEMBER 2005
Sure to impress your friends and family when they come to visit . . . .

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