(Please read from the start)
>> That’s some craftsmanship, if you ask me.
“The figure stands on a small rectangular base decorated with a mosaic of shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli. The figure was originally attached to the flowering shrub by silver chains around its fetlocks, but these chains have completely corroded away. It is thought that the two figures originally faced each other as confronted animals, and that the tubes going up from their shoulders were used to support something, probably a bowl or similar object.”
>> So this is the base of a basin or something similar.
This artifact (the pair) was called by the archaeologist that found them as the Ram in the Thicket, because it reminded him of how God sent a ram to Abraham. Let’s talk about the a bit.
The Ram, like the Antelopes and the Bulls, belong family of Bovidae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovidae
“The Bovidae comprise the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant vertebrates that includes bison, African buffalo, water buffalo, antelopes, sheep, goats, muskoxen, and domestic cattle. A member of this family is called a bovid.”
>> In other words, the Bull, the Ram and “maybe the Antelope” all have a common root.
The Ram in the Thicket is not the only artifact of such nature coming from Mesopotamia. On page 806, I posted pictures of 2 artifacts. The second one is a small statuette from Elam which SOME call her the Scorpion goddess, because of the way her claws look like. Back then, I said this was a strange seated woman because of her hands, feet and horns. I was not that convinced we are dealing with a Scorpion despite this being the narrative put forward about this artifact by the Main Stream History. When we look closely at how the hands and feet are shaped, they look more like those of a bovine than the claws of a scorpion. Besides, a scorpion only has 2 claws, not 4 ^_~ So why are the feet of this “goddess” also shaped like that? If this was really a scorpion, then only her hands should be shaped like claws. It’s obvious we have a 4 leged animal. Something is off here anons.
Then, when we look at her HORNS, notice how the tip is shaped like some sort of star or like an open hand with the fingers stretched apart. We’ve seen a similar iconography before but in Ancient Egypt = The Gerzeh Palette (page 112 – revisited page 976). There, it’s obvious we have a spark starting from the horns of the cow and forming a spark in the space between them. So do we have the same type of situation with this artifact from Elam? Where it the Scorpion tail? The explanation provided by the Main Stream History about this artifact never rested well with me, it always bothered me. I’ve been doubting for a long time that this is not a scorpion goddess but one of the bovine type of warrior: not the ram for sure, but possibly the Lamassu or the Antelope. This is why I love archaeology = the artifacts never lie and cannot be altered, manipulated/changed like written texts.Whom do you believe anons: the Main Stream History narrative or what your eyes are seeing in this artifact? Decide for yourself.
As for the explanation given to this “Ram” by the Main Stream History is incorrect as was the case for the figurine from Elam.
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