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Telloh (Late Dynastic Period - The Imperial Akkadian Period) : Stele of Rimush (Sargon's son), c. 2460-2290 BC (Louvre)

Date

Authors

Parrot, Andre
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Abstract

Description

Usual layout in superimposed registers, but break with convention in the representation of figures. Instead of being grouped in the compact phalanx of the Sumerians, the Akkadian fighting men move in looser formations. Their arms and accoutrements are also different. They are more lightly clad and less hampered in their movements
armed with bow and arrow, they must have been effective at long range.

Keywords

Mesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period, sculpture, stone, book scan

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201459

Collections

Basham Photographs

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Type

Image

Archives Series

Date created

1960

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License Rights

This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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