How many soldiers on the "Stele of the Vultures"?: a hypothetical reconstruction
The study presents a reconstruction of the arrangement of the soldiers of Lagash as represented in the first and second registers of the “Stele of the Vultures” of King Eannatum according to both philological and iconographic data. Through a process of deconstruction, it is possible to read the comp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Iraq
Year: 2014, Volume: 76, Pages: 141-148 |
| Further subjects: | B
Sumer
B Spears B Soldiers B Symbolism B Stelae B Sculptors B Shields B Armies B Chariots |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The study presents a reconstruction of the arrangement of the soldiers of Lagash as represented in the first and second registers of the “Stele of the Vultures” of King Eannatum according to both philological and iconographic data. Through a process of deconstruction, it is possible to read the composition as the result of a combination of two perspectives employed by the Sumerian artists. |
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| Physical Description: | Illustrationen |
| ISSN: | 2053-4744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Iraq
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/irq.2014.6 |