White Magic Studio

templeofapelles:

John Singer Sargent
Bedouin Chief

archaicwonder:

The World’s First Female Author,
Enhedu’anna

This ancient clay tablet from Babylonia is inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform and dates to the 20th-17th centuries BC. It mentions King Sargon’s daughter Enhedu’anna as the author of a hymn to the goddess Inanna. The tablet has lines written first by the teacher in the first column, with 2 students repeating the hymn in columns 2 and 3.

Enhedu’anna was the daughter of King Sargon of Akkad (2334-2279 BC), founder of the first documented empire in Asia. Enhedu’anna emerges as a genuine creative talent, a poetess as well as a princess, a priestess and a prophetess. She is, in fact, the first named, non-legendary author in history. As such she has found her way into contemporary anthologies, especially of women’s literature.

agameofclothes:

Snake headpiece for the Sand Snakes, Valentino

yellowcrayolacrayon:

Sun and Moon. Within a Tree Stump.

sublim-ature:

Jelenia Góra, Poland
Karol Nienartowicz

archaicwonder:

Roman Bronze Hand of Sabazios, 3rd Century AD

Bronze hands characterized by three raised fingers (thumb, index and middle finger) were offered to the Phrygian deity Sabazios, whose cult developed in Rome during the Empire. They often display a multitude of attributes (a bust of Mercury, a pine cone, a vase, a serpent, a lizard, etc. but the symbolism of these objects is not well known. Hands such as these were designed to stand in sanctuaries or were attached to poles for processional use.