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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Head Of Akkadian Ruler

Head of Akkadian Ruler, from Ninevah, Iraq, 2250-2200 BCE. Copper, 1' 2 3/8" high
Oldest known life-size hollow cast, distinctive personal features and abstract patterns. Damaged by vandals in antiquity.

Posted by Kiley Mc at 4:23 PM
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      • Sarcophagus with reclining couple
      • Laocoon and his sons
      • Nike of Samothrace
      • Gallic chieftain killing himself and his wife
      • Altar of Zeus
      • Battle of Issus
      • Weary Herakles
      • Aphrodite of Knidos
      • Grave Stele of Hegeso
      • Erechtheion
      • Parthenon
      • Doryphoros
      • Riace Warrior
      • Herakles wrestling Antaios
      • Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
      • Temple of Hera I
      • Peplos Kore
      • Kouros
      • Lion Gate
      • Snake Goddess
      • Bull-leaping
      • Palace at Knossos
      • Cycladic harp player
      • Figurine of a woman
      • Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
      • Akhenaton
      • Nebamun hunting foul
      • Temple of Amen-Re
      • Mortuary temple of Hepshepsut
      • Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
      • Menkaure and Khamerernebty
      • Palette of King Narmer
      • Darius' Apadana
      • Ashurbanipal hunting lions
      • Lamassu
      • Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
      • Head Of Akkadian Ruler
      • Banquet Scene, cylinder seal
      • Soundbox of Bull-Headed harp
      • Statuettes of Two Worshippers
      • Standard of Ur

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