ISHTAR PLATE in rectangular clay with rounded top decorated with a representation of the goddess Ishtar, standing in a niche surrounded stars in slight relief. Mesopotamia, Palaeo-Babylonian period, Early 2nd millennium BC Height: 10.4 cm - Width: 6.4 cm Depth: 2.6 cm (Very good overall condition, with one ring attached) PROVENANCE Phidias sale 15 June 2018, lot 66 indicated there as the former private collection of Monsieur Jacques Schuman and acquired in May 1962 Koutoulakis Gallery (Paris).