The Burney Relief or also known as the Queen of the Night relief is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Old-Babylonian period. It represents Lilitu, Inanna/Ishtar, or Ereshkigal, is under debate. Size of this are 49.5 cm high, 37 cm wide.
This nude female figure is realistically sculpted. She has a wings and bird's feet like large owls that flanked her and standing on the back of lions. Her wings used simple pattern and similar but not entirely symmetrical. Her wings hang downwards maybe it means that she is a goddess of the Underworld. The two lions patterned with dense, short lines. Owls was not sculpted naturalistically, because of the shape of beak and length of legs. Her eyes are deep, her breast are high. All of it look symmetry.
There are traces of red pigment remain on the figure's body that was originally painted red overall. The Owls have the same color like the Goddess has. There are red, white and black it's look unique. The background they used was black, it make Goddess and owls look clearly and mean she relate with night.
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