Victory Stele of Naram-Sin with detail of stars

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, Akkadian, pink limestone, 2254-2218 B.C.E. (Louvre, Paris). Depicts the Akkadian victory over the Lullubi Mountain people. In the 12th century B.C.E., 1,000 years after it was originally made, the Elamite king, Shutruk-Nahhunte, attacked Babylon and, according to his later inscription, the stele was taken from Sippar in Mesopotamia to Susa in what is now Iran.

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Taken in: France / Île-de-France / Paris / Paris 04 Ancien - Quartier Louvre (show map)

Taken on: March 21, 2011

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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin

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