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In a Mesopotamian stele we see a steep mountain and on top of it certain stars. This is an indication that mountain peaks at ancient times were regarded as being related to stars – that is they had astronomic implications. The pyramid form – half a octahedron is a shape often found on mountains tops. Here is a photo of mount Olympus Hellas:

but not that directly, you are ignoring the context, the various cultures of mesopotamia believed that heaven was a mountain, they believed that Gods were represented in the sky by stars which were holding posts for the Gods, they believed that the sky was water, they believed that water surrounded the flat disc of the earth seperated by a giant bubble, now as this was what they believed, where does that leave your claim for martian knowledge, they believed Mars was a holding post for the God Nergal. It didn't have mountains, clearly you are diffusing what our culture knows with something theirs didn't

now the stele in question is the victory stele of Naram Sin (which for some reason you were unable to name) has three stars at its summit, in Mesopotamian astrology this is a representation of time, it means simply that Naram Sin took 12 months to complete his campaign against the Lullubi, who were a mountain people of the central Zagros region.
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this stele actually says what it represents in cuneiform upon it, I fail to see what credibility you have in claiming that is a fabrication, because by ignoring the writing that is what you are doing

Using stars to represent time is a practice that became more and more common until the chaldean period when the zodiac was formulated which is still used today. Stars appear on all sorts of Art from before and after this period and they are always used to either tell the date or to tell the time period that a scene (depicted) took to occour



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/18/2009 09:30AM by Hermione.