Stele of the Vultures

Surroundings:

Istanbul Archaeolgical Museum, Gudea Statue

The Perforated Relief, Ur-Nanshe (2550-2500 BC)

Location:

Iraq, Ḩusayn al Khanūrī
geo:31.562029,46.177582
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-2470 / unknown

Class:

Relief, votiv stone or altar
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=23706

Annotations

The Stele of the Vultures was made as a votum in the Early Dynastic III period (2470 BC)¹. The stele is not complete; only seven fragments are known today. It commemorates the victory by Eannatum the king of Lagash, over the neighboring city of Umma.

Édouard de Sarzec, Découvertes en Chaldée, Paris, Leroux, 1884-1912, pp. 36, 68, 94-103, 174-195.

References

↑https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geierstele

Nearby

Vase Entemena, Girsu [Tell Telloh]

The En-etmena vase is currently in the Louvre Museum (France).

Girsu, Ningirsu Temple

Girsu (modern day Tello, Iraq) - Storm God temple.

Girsu, Ur-nanshe Temple

Ur-inna temple