Strommenger, EvaPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2020-02-062020-02-061964WA-85http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201466Upper row : of Kalki, Phase II, c. 2415-2390 BC, aragonite, h : 3.4 cm (British Museum)Kalki, servant of Ubilishtar, brother of the king (Sargon?)armed men, perhaps hunting. 2nd, left : Phase II, h : 2.6 cm (Berlin)two pairs of naked gods fightingone characterised by rays of light belongs to circle of the sun-god Shamash. 2nd, right : Phase III, c. 2390-2290 BC, h : 3.3 cm (Berlin)water streams from shoulders of god Eahis double-headed vizier & a god armed with a club introduce a mythical creature followed by a praying man with sacrificial animal. 3rd row : Phase III, steatite, h : 2.3 cm (Berlin)a standing weather-god travels in a four-wheeled wagon drawn by a winged lion with a bird's tail. 4th row : Phase III, green stone, h : 3.8 cm (British Museum)an Imperial Akkadian adaptation of the old "band of figures", now resolved into two opposing groupsa bull-man to the left & a bearded hero to the right each struggling with a wild bull. 5th row : Phase III, agate, h : 3.7 cm (British Museum)the inscription names a scribe, the son of a man Abilum.35mmslideb&wen-AUMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian periodsealsstonebook scan2020-02-06This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.