![]() ![]() ![]() Deities were almost always depicted wearing horned caps, consisting of up to seven superimposed pairs of ox-horns. ![]() Both the Sumerian and Akkadian languages contain many words to express the sensation of ni, including the word puluhtu, meaning "fear". The effect that seeing a deity's melam has on a human is described as ni, a word for the " physical creeping of the flesh". The deities typically wore melam, an ambiguous substance which "covered them in terrifying splendor" and which could also be worn by heroes, kings, giants, and even demons. They were thought to possess extraordinary powers and were often envisioned as being of tremendous physical size. 2300 BC, depicting the deities Inanna, Utu, Enki, and Isimud Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia and its major cities relative to modern landmarksÄeities in ancient Mesopotamia were almost exclusively anthropomorphic. ![]()
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