a clue of Gilgamesh and Istar on prehistoric potteries from Iranian Central Plateau

A clue of Gilgamesh and Istar on prehistoric potteries from Iranian Central Plateau Abstract: Among numerous painted pottery shreds discovered throughout Iran, just on the surface of some restricted shreds dating to the 6 to 2th millennium BC from Iranian central plateau and southwestern Iran, some paintings were reported that would have represented a symbolic story. This painted potteries are so scares and narrated a fighting story between human and dog and a feline. Current paper is related to investigation those mentioned scenes depicted on the surface pottery of the Abgine Museum (Tehran), Tepe Ozbaki (Nazarabad), Lama cemetery (Yasuj), Ghabristan (Qazvin Plain) and Arisman (Natanz). Painted scene showing a fighting between king of animal and a Leopard characterized by ritual influences. Even the details of this story is not clear, but beheaded tigers and also some other vague scenes, demonstrated their mythological purport. If our interpretation from this painted senses would be correct, so those senses on the surface of 6 and 4th millennium BC, is represented the fighting between Master of animals (Gilgamesh) and goddess with Leopard apparent that called Inana/Istar in Ancient Near Eastern art. This analogous evidences showing that in western of Iranian central plateau from north to south, would believed to a mythology that their signs can be traced in Lama cemetery in southwest of Iran. Painted scene showing a fighting between king of animal and a Leopard characterized by ritual influences. Even the details of this story is not clear, but beheaded tigers and also some other vague scenes, demonstrated their mythological purport. If our interpretation from this painted senses would be correct, so those senses on the surface of 6 and 4th millennium BC, is represented the fighting between Master of animals (Gilgamesh) and goddess with Leopard apparent that called Inana/Istar in Ancient Near Eastern art.