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Telloh

American  
[te-loh] / tɛˈloʊ /
Or Tello

noun

  1. a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.


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Numerous bronze images of a kneeling god at Telloh give him only a loin-cloth, and often the deity, like the monarch, has only a skirt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Various places are mentioned: Sippara, Abu Habba, Senkereh, Telloh, Warka, have all been stated to be the place of discovery.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

No doubt a complete publication of the Telloh archives will furnish some—not many—new deities not occurring in the historical texts of this period.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

On the use of kal, “servant” in the Sumerian texts, see Reisner, Tempelurkunden aus Telloh, pp.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

It differs widely from the sculptures of Telloh, which are less refined and artistically advanced.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

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