Susa (Imperial Akkadian, Phase III), Acropolis : Stele of Victory for Naram-Sin, King of Agade (Akkad), grandson of Sargon, c. 2389-2353 BC
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Strommenger, Eva
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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This stele also suffered damage for political reasons. Of the original inscription only traces remain
they mention a campaign by Naram-Sin against a prince of Lulubi, a people of the eastern mountains. On the mountain peak beside this text, Shutruk-nakhkhunte had his own Elamite inscription engraved, which states that after taking Sippar he brought King Naram-Sin's stele home with him to be dedicated to his god Inshushinak. The king, whose divinity is indicated by the horns on his helmet, crowns the scene, being considerably taller than his followers, who are scrambling in the mountains, and than the defeated enemy. The Lulubi have pointed beards, long "pony-tail" hair and hide clothing, & contrast sharply with the Akkad warriors who wear helmets. In a similar landscape at Darband-i-Gaur in Kurdistan there still stands a closely related relief celebrating a victory, but as it lacks an inscription it cannot be confirmed that it refers to the same victory. -- booty from Babylonia (Sippar), reddish sandstone, 2 x 1.05 m (Louvre, Paris).
they mention a campaign by Naram-Sin against a prince of Lulubi, a people of the eastern mountains. On the mountain peak beside this text, Shutruk-nakhkhunte had his own Elamite inscription engraved, which states that after taking Sippar he brought King Naram-Sin's stele home with him to be dedicated to his god Inshushinak. The king, whose divinity is indicated by the horns on his helmet, crowns the scene, being considerably taller than his followers, who are scrambling in the mountains, and than the defeated enemy. The Lulubi have pointed beards, long "pony-tail" hair and hide clothing, & contrast sharply with the Akkad warriors who wear helmets. In a similar landscape at Darband-i-Gaur in Kurdistan there still stands a closely related relief celebrating a victory, but as it lacks an inscription it cannot be confirmed that it refers to the same victory. -- booty from Babylonia (Sippar), reddish sandstone, 2 x 1.05 m (Louvre, Paris).
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1964
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