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Visual depiction of The Apkallu sages

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Vol. II · Polytheism

The Apkallu sages

Mesopotamian fish-cloaked wisemen sent by Ea


seven half-fish beings emerging from the river to teach humanity the arts of civilization

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 3) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.