Akkadian Soldier on Naram-Sin Victory Stele from Wasit

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 23 May 2019
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This alabaster stele (with different registers) was fragmented when originally found and only three fragments have survived; two are in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad and one is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. The stele commemorates one of Naram-Sin’s military victories in modern-day Anatolia, Turkey.

This fragment depicts a procession of Akkadian soldiers wearing a ribbed or quilted helmet, a fringed sash, and a long skirt. The warrior in this register has a long sword hanging by his side; he holds what appears to be a belt and a short sword or a dagger attached to it. The left hand holds a two-handed vessel (depas).

From al-Hay district, in modern-day Wasit Governorate, Iraq. Akkadian period, reign of Naram-Sin of Akkad, 2254 - 2218 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago's "Lost Treasures of Iraq" website says it was excavated at Nasiriyah (in modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate) and gives it "unknown status" after the ransacking of the Iraq Museum in April 2003.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, May 23). Akkadian Soldier on Naram-Sin Victory Stele from Wasit. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10765/akkadian-soldier-on-naram-sin-victory-stele-from-w/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Akkadian Soldier on Naram-Sin Victory Stele from Wasit." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 23, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10765/akkadian-soldier-on-naram-sin-victory-stele-from-w/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Akkadian Soldier on Naram-Sin Victory Stele from Wasit." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 May 2019. Web. 11 Sep 2024.

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