7/25/2023 0 Comments Stela of tchia louvre![]() ![]() Naram-Sin is wearing the horned helmet showing his god-like status, and authority. Naram-Sin is shown as a god-like figure on the stele. For Inshushinak, my god, I set it as an offering." Narrative I took the stele of Naram-Sin and carried it off, bringing it to the land of Elam. When the god Inshusinak gave me the order, I defeated Sippar. "I am Shutruk-Nahhunte, son of Hallutush-Inshushinak, beloved servant of the god Inshushinak, king of Anshan and Susa, who has enlarged the kingdom, who takes care of the lands of Elam, the lord of the land of Elam. The second inscription, to the right over the mountainous cone, is in Elamite and was written about 1000 years later by Shutruk-Nahhunte who took the stele and brought it with him to Elam: In 1898, Jacques de Morgan, a French archaeologist, excavated the stele and it was moved to the Louvre in Paris, where it remains today. ![]() He did, however, add an inscription declaring his own glory and tells how the stele was carried out of the city after the pillage of the city Sippar. The already ancient inscription was kept, indicating respect for Naram-Sin's victory. He also claimed to carry the stele there himself. ![]() Shutruk-Nakhunte was a descendant of the Lullubi people, whose defeat the stele commemorated. It was taken out of Mesopotamia by the Elamite King Shutruk-Nakhunte in the 12th century BC. The stele is believed to originally be from Sippar, but was found at the Iranian site of Susa. Showing that although Naram-Sin is a god, a feat that was up to this point only achieved by deceased kings, he is still not the most powerful of gods. But it also shows Naram-Sin gazing up toward two stars. ![]() This stele is in essence telling the viewer that Naram-Sin is a victorious conqueror as a result of his divine status. Helmets of this type at the time when this stele was commissioned were only worn by the Gods. The second unique aspect of the piece is that Naram-Sin is shown wearing a bull-horned helmet or shown as the face of lion. This stele depicts the victory in a diagonal fashion with the king still being at the top-center but where everyone else can look up to him. Most conquest depictions are shown horizontally, with the king being at the top-center. Though currently about two meters in height estimates of its original height range up to three meters. This is supposed to convey their uncivilized and barbaric nature making the conquest justified. The weak and chaotic opposing forces are shown being thrown from atop the mountainside, impaled by spears, fleeing and begging Naram-Sin for mercy as well as being trampled underfoot by Naram-Sin himself. Naram-Sin is shown as by far the most important figure, towering over his enemy and troops and all eyes gaze up toward him. The stele shows a narrative scene of the king crossing the steep slopes into enemy territory on the left are the ordered imperial forces keeping in rank while marching over the disordered defenders that lie broken and defeated. It depicts the King Naram-Sin of Akkad leading the Akkadian army to victory over the Lullubi, a mountain people from the Zagros Mountains. The relief measures 200cm in height (6' 7") and was carved in pinkish sandstone, with cuneiform writings in Akkadian and Elamite. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris. Class=notpageimage| Original location of the stele, in Sippar, Mesopotamia, modern Iraq, before being moved to Susa, Iran, by Shutruk-Nakhunte in the 12th century BC. ![]()
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