Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

Akkadian sculpture

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In Mesopotamian art and architecture: Sculpture
…the famous Naram-Sin (Sargon’s grandson) stela, on which a pattern of figures is ingeniously designed to express the abstract idea of conquest. Other stelae and the rock reliefs (which by their geographic situation bear witness to the extent of Akkadian conquest) show the carving of the period to be in…
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