Limited Editon of 500

8 x 8 inches with wall hook

Adds class and distinction to your wall.

This description is printed on fabric on back:

A monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by Utu, the Sun / justice / truth god. Humbaba was the guardian of the Cedar Forest, where the gods lived, by the will of the god Enlil.

"Where Humbaba came and went there was a track,
the paths were in good order and the way was well trodden ...
Through all the forest a bird began to sing:
A wood pigeon was moaning, a turtle dove calling in answer.
Monkey mothers sing aloud, a youngster monkey shrieks:
Like a band of musicians and drummers daily
they bash out a rhythm in the presence of Humbaba."

In another version of the story, Humbaba is beloved of the gods and a kind of king in the palace of the forest. Monkeys are his heralds, birds his courtiers, and his entire throne room breathes with the aroma of cedar resin. The tablet goes on to portray Gilgamesh as an aggressor who destroys a forest unnecessarily, and Humbaba's death is lamented by Enkidu.