Hic Est Custos Templum Vitae et Mortis by Mondwin

2D • Fantasy • posted on Aug 17, 2011

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Description

(The English translation of the title is: Here is the guardian of the temple of life and death.) An ancient Sumerian legend tells of a goddess, guardian of a temple, who asked to anyone wishing to enter there if he was willing to sacrifice himself to live or to die. In both cases, there would be a price to pay, and this was no money or other material richness. There are so many things that money can not pay or reach! About the stone represented in the scene as a monolith, it is a temple hymn to Iddin-Dagan, king of Larsa, cuneiform (Sumerian script) inscripted clay from ca. 1950 BC. Current located in the Department of Oriental Antiquities of Louvre Museum, Paris, France. For more info about Sumerian religion you can start from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_religion then explore many other dedicated websites about.

Comments (317)

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Pefo

9:02AM | Sun, 09 September 2012

Mystical atmosphere Great work

hidekun

6:21AM | Tue, 11 September 2012

very cool

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Trifid

4:47PM | Fri, 14 September 2012

My dear Whylma, thx soooo much for all your kind words in the recent past on my work at the galleries :) But more important: Please allow me to express my deepest respect for your work you give us the honor to share with us. Your cultural background knowledge is more than impressive, so are your renders and your expressed thoughts. Not everyday's work we see here at the galleries. Wished to see you more often. All the best Michael

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BellaDark

9:35AM | Sun, 16 September 2012

You really have a gift to tell a wonderful story with all the little details you put into these images. Beautiful work :)

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aqua1955

4:35AM | Wed, 26 September 2012

Your work is terrific and very suitable to your artist name :)

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awadissk

2:37PM | Tue, 02 October 2012

Great render well done!

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UVDan

4:38AM | Thu, 04 October 2012

Most thought provoking. Bravo!

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rbowen

1:37PM | Sat, 06 October 2012

Excellent!

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Ravyns

8:16PM | Thu, 25 October 2012

Lovely Image

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romangirl

11:51AM | Sat, 27 October 2012

Marvelous concept and scene!

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toyyaris

9:08AM | Tue, 30 October 2012

wonderful creation big hug

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DarkStormCrow

6:02AM | Sat, 24 November 2012

Excellent work and imagery, well done...

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RachealMarie

9:05PM | Mon, 03 December 2012

Wow, stunning!

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tofi

4:58PM | Sat, 15 December 2012

Gorgeous concept and presentation, my Friend! So lovely to see your artwork, at it's most beautiful! Time and time again you astound me with your spectacular creative eye and soul. Stunning visualization and execution!

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wizardofnoz

11:33AM | Fri, 25 January 2013

Very surreal!

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Steeleyes101

10:25PM | Thu, 07 February 2013

Beautiful! simply beautiful.... I Love the way the light forms a pyramid in this scene it brings all the different cultures into this piece which goes well with your write up Bravo! and my hat is off to ya for this one

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Dotthy

12:10PM | Sun, 24 March 2013

what ever we do, we should save the nature, without her we cannot live. This is my slogan for live. Wonderful work my dear and a fantastic desciption of it!!!!!!!!

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