Black Basalt Slab with Inlays from Urartu (Illustration)

Illustration

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 29 November 2018

Send to Google Classroom:

Black Basalt Slab with Inlays from Urartu — This slab (which is inlaid with black and white stone) was part of the paved platform in front of the temple of the god Haldi, the supreme god of the Urartians. The rings were carefully slotted together and secured by a pin so the top would remain flat. From Toprakkale, Eastern Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey. Urartian, late 8th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

Remove Ads

About the Author

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.

License

Uploaded by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, published on 29 November 2018 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

Related Images

Image

Cite This Work

APA Style

Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 29). Black Basalt Slab with Inlays from Urartu. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9550/black-basalt-slab-with-inlays-from-urartu/

Chicago Style

Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Black Basalt Slab with Inlays from Urartu." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 29, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9550/black-basalt-slab-with-inlays-from-urartu/.

MLA Style

Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Black Basalt Slab with Inlays from Urartu." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Nov 2018. Web. 15 Apr 2021.

Remove Ads

Support Us

We are a non-profit organization.

Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. Please support World History Encyclopedia Foundation. Thank you!

Donate