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Molded Plaque with Couple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010
Molded Plaques with Couples
Ceramic
Southern Mesopotamia
Isin-Larsa or Old Babylonian period, 2000-1700 BC
Accession Numbers: 32.39.1 and 1974.347.1
Plaques depicting sexual acts were mass produced in Mesopotamia during the early second millennium BC and may have been used as amulets to promote potency and fertility.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
Ceramic
Southern Mesopotamia
Isin-Larsa or Old Babylonian period, 2000-1700 BC
Accession Numbers: 32.39.1 and 1974.347.1
Plaques depicting sexual acts were mass produced in Mesopotamia during the early second millennium BC and may have been used as amulets to promote potency and fertility.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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