More on Dumuzi and the “brimmed cap” of the Priest-King of Late Uruk times
More on Dumuzi and the “brimmed cap” of the Priest-King of Late Uruk times

Author(s): Piotr Steinkeller
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Late Uruk; “brimmed cap”; Breitrandkappe; Priest-King; Dumuzi
Summary/Abstract: This communication revisits the question of the so-called “brimmedcap” (Breitrandkappe), which serves as an attribute of the Priest-Kingof Late Uruk art. An important new datum bearing on this issue isa pre-Sargonic plaque in the collection of the Walters Art Museum,which depicts a seated male figure wearing such a cap. It is arguedthat this figure is Dumuzi. Finally, a possible connection betweenDumuzi and the archaic Priest-King is considered.

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