CLAS 2P34 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-25: Third Dynasty Of Ur, Nammu, Lagash
5 May 2016
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A semitic people from central mesopotamia, the akkadians conqueredsumer, creating the first known empire in south-west asia. Their capital city, agade, has yet to be discovered, but images of akkadian rulers have survived. Sargon ii, the first ruler, may be portrayed in a bronze head from nineveh. Most important is the stele of naram-sin, sargon"s grandson, a relief sculpture that records the king"s victory in battle over the lullubi, a mountain people. His horned helmet, attribute of a god, indicates that he has taken on, or been granted, divine status. The sumerian city-states reasserted their independence in the late third millennium bc in a period known as the neo-sumerian revival. Among the cities at the forefront of this movement was lagash, under the rule of gudea. Textual evidence and images discovered at telloh (ancient girsu) have documented this king"s reign exceptionally well. Gudea himself appears in a series of small-scale statues made of diorite, a hard black stone.
