Art, Symbol & Imagination
Oannes in a Fish-Skin Garment
A long fish skin covers the back of a standing figure, its open head rising over the human face. One hand lifts a small object while the other holds a vessel. Smith’s caption names Oannes and gives Nimrud sculpture as the source. The name is retained as the book’s historical identification of this reproduced relief.
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Illustrator not identified. "Oannes in a Fish-Skin Garment" [editorial title]. In The Chaldean Account of Genesis, George Smith. 1876, Scribner, Armstrong & Co.. Source scan leaf 335. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0038-0325
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Illustrator not identified. Oannes in a Fish-Skin Garment. The Chaldean Account of Genesis. Scan leaf 335. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0038-0325