THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN THE THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN THE

NEAR EASTNEAR EAST

AkkadianAkkadian PeriodPeriod

THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE ca. 2340 THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE ca. 2340 –– 2159 BC2159 BC

AkkadianAkkadian period public period public buildingsbuildings fromfrom EshnunnaEshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) (modern Tell Asmar)

inin thethe DiyalaDiyala region and region and fromfrom Tell Brak Tell Brak inin Syria (Syria (bottombottom, , rightright))

AkkadianAkkadian period period statuarystatuary fromfrom MesopotamiaMesopotamia

SARGON’S STELESARGON’S STELE

DeatailDeatail of of Sargon’sSargon’s stele stele

NARAMSIN’S STELENARAMSIN’S STELE

ROCK RELIEFS OF AKKADIAN DYNASTYROCK RELIEFS OF AKKADIAN DYNASTY

ENHEDUANNA’SENHEDUANNA’S ((Sargon’sSargon’s daughterdaughter) DISC) DISC

SARGON’SSARGON’S HEADHEAD--fragmentfragment of a of a distroyeddistroyed statuarystatuary

METAL STATUE FROM BASSETKI (METAL STATUE FROM BASSETKI (IraqIraq))

Cylinder Cylinder sealseal impressionsimpressions fromfrom AkkadianAkkadian PeriodPeriod

AKKADIAN SEAL IMPRESSIONSAKKADIAN SEAL IMPRESSIONS

AkkadianAkkadian period period sealseal impressionsimpressions

AkkadianAkkadian period period bullbull withwith humanhuman face face figurinefigurine fromfrom Tell Brak Tell Brak inin Syria Syria

TELL BRAK: NARAMSIN’S FORT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SECTORTELL BRAK: NARAMSIN’S FORT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SECTOR

LATE III MILLENNIUM PALACE AT URKESH (Tell Mozan)LATE III MILLENNIUM PALACE AT URKESH (Tell Mozan)