Portraits Art: Royal Portrait Head (“Head of Sargon the Great”)
In the Akkadian period, the rise of human sovereigns led to the creation of royal portraits that glorified earthly rulers. This bronze portrait head, believed to represent Sargon, is one of the first of these royal likenesses.
Sargon of Akkad - Wikipedia
Sargon of Akkad (/ ˈsɑːrɡɒn /; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi), [3] also known as Sargon the Great, [4] was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. [2] . He is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire.
Mesopotamian art and architecture - Akkadian, Reliefs, …
Two notable heads of Akkadian statues have survived: one in bronze and the other of stone. The bronze head of a king, wearing the wig-helmet of the old Sumerian rulers, is probably Sargon himself. Though lacking its inlaid eyes and slightly damaged elsewhere, this head is rightly considered one of the great masterpieces of ancient art.
Smarthistory – Akkad, an introduction
Head of an Akkadian ruler, 2250–2200 B.C.E., bronze (photo: M.E.L. Mallowan) The kingdom of Akkad ends with internal strife and invasion by the Gutians from the Zagros mountains to the northeast. The Gutians were ousted in turn and the city of Ur, south of Uruk, became dominant.
Sargon | History, Accomplishments, Facts, & Definition | Britannica
2024年10月18日 · Sargon (flourished 23rd century bce) was an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned around 2334–2279 bce. He was one of the earliest of the world’s great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of …
Head of an Akkadian Ruler – RaihnForge
2008年6月24日 · It details the hair and beard in formal patterns that help contrast with the smooth delicate skin (Kleiner 27). This statue, as the name alludes, is the head of an Akkadian ruler and is dated around 2250-2200 BCE (Kleiner 26). It’s is also known as Sargon of Akkad (http://www.talariaenterprises.com/teach/mesopotamia.html).
3.8: Art of Akkad and Ur - Humanities LibreTexts
2020年11月16日 · Head of Akkadian Ruler, 2250–2200 BCE (Iraqi Museum, Baghdad) Competition between Akkad in the north and Ur in the south created two centralized regional powers at the end of the third millennium. This centralization was military in nature and the art of this period generally became more martial.
Akkadian and Neo-Sumerian – Art and Visual Culture: Prehistory …
Head of an Akkadian ruler, probably Sargon (2270-2215 BCE): This portrait combines naturalistic and stylized facial features and was cast using the lost-wax method. The eye sockets were once inlaid.
Head of a ruler | Early Bronze Age - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recent examination has revealed that the head, long thought to be virtually solid, originally contained a clay core held in place by metal supports. It may be among the earliest known examples of lifesize hollow casting in the lost-wax method.
6.2: Akkadian - Humanities LibreTexts
Figure 6.2.2 6.2. 2: Head of an Akkadian ruler, from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, c. 2250-2200 BCE. Bronze, 1’2 3/8” high. Iraqi Museum, Baghdad (looted?). (Photo via Smarthistory)
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