大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 2月26日 20時30分

Ishtar – the Mesopotamian goddess of war and sexual love – had the power to assign gender.

This large plaque of Ishtar dates to between the 18th and 19th centuries BC and the figure of the winged goddess was originally painted red.

Ishtar features on our ‘Desire, love, identity’ trail, highlighting objects in the collection that have a connection to LGBTQ histories. Explore the stories, blogs and videos that these objects have inspired via the link in our bio.

You can also listen to an audio version the trail, available to stream on Apple Music, YouTube Music and Spotify – just search for ‘British Museum’ to find us 🎧

🔎 Old Babylonian ‘Queen of the Night’ plaque. South Iraq, 19th–18th centuries BC.

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