This bronze portrait head, believed to represent Sargon, is one of the first of these royal likenesses. Through its precise, detailed craftsmanship and realistic features, not seen in earlier works, the head simultaneously conveys a sense of its subject’s grandeur and humanity.

In the inscription, Sargon styles himself "Sargon, king of Akkad, overseer (mashkim) of Inanna, king of Kish, anointed (guda) of Anu, king of the land [Mesopotamia], governor (ensi) of Enlil". It celebrates the conquest of Uruk and the defeat of Lugalzagesi , whom Sargon brought "in a collar to the gate of Enlil": [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ]

Sargon of Akkadia Bust Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great was an Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC. Sargon is the first individual in recorded history to create a multiethnic, centrally ruled empire, and his dynasty controlled Mesopotamia for around a century and ...

Lamassu (winged human-headed bulls possibly lamassu or shedu) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (now Khorsabad, Iraq), Neo-Assyrian, c. 720–705 B.C.E., gypseous alabaster, 4.20 x 4.36 x 0.97 m (Musée du Louvre, Paris). These sculptures were excavated by P.-E. Botta in 1843–44. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

2023年6月29日 · Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler, discovered in Nineveh in 1931, presumably depicting either Sargon or Sargon's grandson Naram-Sin (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden).jpg 2,607 × 3,761; 5.93 MB

The Sargon relief from Facade L of the palace (Courtyard I) shows the king on the right, recognisable by his high truncated-cone tiara and elaborate dress, carrying a sword at his side and holding a cane.

King Sargon II reigned over the Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BC. In about 713 BC, he made a radical decision intended to assert his authority: he founded a new capital. He chose a sprawling site at the foot of Mount Musri in the north of present-day Iraq and called it Dûr-Sharrukin, the ‘fortress of Sargon’. Taking advantage of the ...

Sargon was the founder of the Akkadian dynasty that ruled Mesopotamia in the late third millennium BCE (ca. 2334–2154 BCE). By the time of Nabonidus, he and his dynastic successors had been remembered as exemplary kings, both good …

2012年4月26日 · Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler, probably Sargon the Great, c. 23rd - 22nd century BCE.

Sculpture at Sargon's Palace. Lamassu (Human-headed winged bull) heading left. Relief from the m wall, k door, of king Sargon II's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), ca. 713–716 BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_II#/media/File:Human_headed_winged_bull_profile.jpg.