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• [2004-09-14T18:44:55Z] Yeago (This is an image of an ancient mesopotamian carving of Lilitu, often ascribed to be the first wife of Adam. I scanned it from a slide from my teacher, who has every reason to believe that it is licensed under {{PD}}.)
• [2004-10-05T10:09:20Z] Wetman (the Burney relief in the Colville collection)
• [2005-07-27T14:44:48Z] Dbachmann
• [2006-06-01T08:06:54Z] Scriberius ({{NowCommons|Image:Lilitu.jpg}})

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• (del) (cur) 18:44, 14 September 2004 . . Yeago (Talk | contribs) . . 262×353 (28,808 bytes) (This is an image of an ancient mesopotamian carving of Lilitu, often ascribed to be the first wife of Adam. I scanned it from a slide from my teacher, who has every reason to believe that it is licensed under {{PD}}.)

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*This is an image of a terracotta relief (alternately said to be "Sumerian" or "Assyrian") that has been optimistically identified with Lilitu, the first wife of Adam. The relief of a winged goddess-figure with eagle's feet, flanked by owls and perched upon supine lions is called the "Burney relief"; it is in the collection of Col. Norman Colville, England. The relief is illustrated at many websites with varying attributions of Mesopotamian culture and various dates. The only website expressing the professional skepticism about the "Lilith" connection that I've found is at [--ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/ --ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Topics/Lilith/] [[User:Wetman|Wetman]] 10:09, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC) {{PD-art}} {{NowCommons|Image:Lilitu.jpg}}

Poccil 22:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Needs to be renamed

No modern scholars believe this is Lilitu. As such it should be deleted and reuploaded under a new name or renamed, whichever is easier. Not only so it's not giving the false name but to break all links to it on various Wikipedia language versions. 76.123.214.110 21:06, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

We need a little bit more proof for your claim. Please provide links to 2 or 3 serious publications denying that this shows Lilith. --Túrelio (talk) 22:13, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

The relief doesn't appear to show the most common standard conventional iconography of any Mesopotamian mythological entity. Overall, it seems to be more Ishtar/Inanna than anything else, but certain details suggest other affinities. I see little reason to leave Lilitu out of the mix of possibilities (though obviously it doesn't seem to be the malevolent demon Lilitu)... AnonMoos (talk) 14:10, 15 January 2012 (UTC)