Victory Stele of Naram Sin, 2254 2218

Victory Stele of NaramSin, Akkadian, pink limestone, 22542218 (Louvre, Paris) More free lessons at: This monument depicts the Akkadian victory over the Lullubi Mountain people. In the12th century 1, 000 years after it was originally made, the Elamite king, Shutruk Nahhunte, attacked Babylon and, according to his later inscription, the stele was taken to Susa in what is now Iran. A stele is a vertical stone monument or marker often inscribed w