The horns: symbol of power an iconographical study in mesopotamian art

الملخص EN

The horns play an important role in the civilizations of the ancient Near East, and in Mesopotamia in particular, where man considered them a symbol of strength and fertility because the animals that possessed them were characterized by these qualities.

By the time the man borrows this animal part to indicate his strength as a human.

Many modern civilizations believe that the presence of horns on the head point to a primitive demonic origin, while in Mesopotamia it was considered to be a divine and sacred origin.