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@serbiaireland
Apr 21, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Thread: The hand...Relief from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dur-Sharr… (the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria), "detail of a throne???", ca 721 -705 BC...
The only throne depiction from Dur Sharrukin I found is this one. The "figure" holding a goat and poppies (???) is the same, but there is no giant hand behind...So where is the original image from?
What Assyrian god is holding the goat of rain? And poppies? Remember this guy, a Urartian contemporary of this Assyrian dude, also holding poppies, but standing on a bull??? oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/05/poppie…
Whatever the Assyrian dude with the goat is holding, looks like poppies which are way out of date...They look withered and are pointing down, in both reliefs...Is this significant? If these are poppies at all of course...
The goat and bull are two opposite animal calendar markers...
The beginning of the mating season of the Ibex Goat (Oct/Nov) marks the beginning of the rain season in Mesopotamia and the bull marks the end of the rain season in Northern Iraq, where Assyrian capital is located...
The rain season in Mesopotamia does start with the mating season of Ibex Goats (Oct/Nov). But Tigris and Euphrates reach their peak water level 6 months later, in Apr/May...Pics: water flow charts, L: Tigris, R: Euphrates
The gestation period of the Ibex goats that live in Northern Mesopotamia is 150 days...So the first baby goats appear just before the water levels peak in the two Holy Rivers....
Remember this guy, Enki/Ea, the god who ejaculates Tigris and Euphrates? This happens in Taurus (peak water level) right when the baby Ibex goats are being born? One of his may symbols was a goat....
Guess what else happens during the inundation of Tigris and Euphrates, right after the first baby goats are born? Poppy harvest... oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/05/poppie…
Interesting...I would love to find out where the original image is actually from. If anyone knows please let me know.

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