Hermitage

Currently, the oldest known inscriptions from this region depicting the God, assumed
to be Ashur, and his Faravahar “throne-chariot” date to the cuneiform inscriptions
of the Sumerians, some 6000 years bce. Here we see one such engraving, showing
“Ashur” as having four arms, one for each element, and offering his Faravahar ship
over to the fish-dressed mer-priest.