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

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dc.contributor.authorParrot, Andre
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialMesopotamia (Tell Telloh, Iraq)
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T04:56:21Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T04:56:21Z
dc.date.created1960
dc.date.updated2020-02-06T04:56:20Z
dc.descriptionUsual 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
dc.descriptionarmed with bow and arrow, they must have been effective at long range.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4163
dc.identifier.otherWA-78
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/201459
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian period
dc.subjectsculpture
dc.subjectstone
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleTelloh (Late Dynastic Period - The Imperial Akkadian Period) : Stele of Rimush (Sargon's son), c. 2460-2290 BC (Louvre)
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource : Andre Parrot, Sumer, translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons, London, Thames & Hudson, 1960, Illustration 210, p. 174

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