Oriental Antiquities

Arslan Tash Ivories and Hazael in the Louvre Museum

Statuette of the Assyrian Demon Pazuzu

Se Faire de l'Argent

Prism of the Expeditions of King Ashurbanipal in the Louvre Museum

Reliefs of the Deportation of the Elamites in the Louvre Museum

Hideaway Vase

Standing Statue of Manishtushu Trampling the Defeated

Statue of the Goddess Narundi in the Louvre Museum

Svastika and cross in the Louvre Museum

Table Decorated with Serpents and Deities Spouting Water

Sit Shamshi, an example of Canaanite high place in the Louvre Museum

Worshipper of Larsa at the Louvre Museum

Electrum Goblet

Cylinder Seals and Stamps from Susa.

Palace of Darius I in the Louvre Museum

Frieze of Archers in the Louvre Museum

Contract in Babylonian and biblical chronology

Darius Hystaspes and decree for the Jews

Xerxes I or Assuerus in the Book of Esther

Mosaic of a Woman Playing the Harp

Art of dance in the Louvre and in the Bible

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, King of Sidon

Astarte

Bible, Boats and Byblos

Urn Containing Calcified Remains and Child sacrifice

Tayma Stele

Triad of Beelshamên and Canaanite pantheon

Funerary Relief and Mourning in the Bible

Colossal Vase and sea from Solomon's Temple.

Mesha Stele or Moabite Stone, Bible and Name of God

Seal Inscribed in Hebrew and divine Name

Model Shrine

Letter from Biridiya and Megiddo

Statue in Human Form

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor and Death in the Bible

Stele of the Storm God Baal in the Louvre museum

Trivet Decorated with Pomegranates

Golden Calf' in the Louvre and worship of images in the Bible

Fertility Idol and Babylon

Murex

Babylon and The Tower of Babel

Cylinder Seal of the Priest-King at the Louvre Museum

Bas relief of Dudu at the Louvre Museum

Ebih II at the Louvre Museum

Stele of Vultures at the Louvre Museum

Stele of a King of Akkad at the Louvre Museum

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad

Art of Seals at the Louvre Museum

Architect with a Plan and Gudea prince of Lagash

Libation Vase of the God Ningishzida

Gilgamesh and the biblical flood at the Louvre Museum

Cylinder of Gudea at the Louvre Museum

Teraphim at the Louvre Museum

Statue with Gushing Vase at the Louvre Museum

Statue of Ur Ningirsu

Lament for the Destruction of Ur at the Louvre Museum

Weight with Crescent Moon at the Louvre Museum

Libation to the God Shamash at the Louvre Museum

Code of Hammurabi at the Louvre Museum

List of the Kings of Larsa

Goddess Ishtar at the Louvre

Demon Humbaba at the Louvre Museum

Divinatory Livers at the Louvre Museum

Zodiac Calendar at the Louvre Museum

Palace of Mari , Model of the Ruins of the Louvre Museum

Painting of the Organiser of the Sacrifice from Mari

Lion passant at the Louvre Museum

Kudurru of King Melishipak II at the Louvre Museum

Esagila Tablet

The Righteous Sufferer , tablet of the Louvre museum

Tablet of the God Enki Tablet of the Louvre Museum

Head of a Horned Dragon and Marduk

Victory Stele and Assyrian cruelty in the Louvre Museum

Sargon II in the Louvre Museum

Hebrew Siloam Inscription in the Louvre Museum

Transport timber Cedar of Lebanon, reliefs ot the Louvre Museum

Human-Headed Winged Bulls in the Louvre Museum

Stele of the Scribe Tarhunpiyas

Figurine of a Hittite God in the Louvre Museum

Arslan Tash Ivories and Hazael in the Louvre Museum

Statuette of the Assyrian Demon Pazuzu

Se Faire de l'Argent

Prism of the Expeditions of King Ashurbanipal in the Louvre Museum

Reliefs of the Deportation of the Elamites in the Louvre Museum

Hideaway Vase

Standing Statue of Manishtushu Trampling the Defeated

Statue of the Goddess Narundi in the Louvre Museum

Svastika and cross in the Louvre Museum

Table Decorated with Serpents and Deities Spouting Water

Sit Shamshi, an example of Canaanite high place in the Louvre Museum

Worshipper of Larsa at the Louvre Museum

Electrum Goblet

Cylinder Seals and Stamps from Susa.

Palace of Darius I in the Louvre Museum

Frieze of Archers in the Louvre Museum

Contract in Babylonian and biblical chronology

Darius Hystaspes and decree for the Jews

Xerxes I or Assuerus in the Book of Esther

Mosaic of a Woman Playing the Harp

Art of dance in the Louvre and in the Bible

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II, King of Sidon

Astarte

Bible, Boats and Byblos

Urn Containing Calcified Remains and Child sacrifice

Tayma Stele

Triad of Beelshamên and Canaanite pantheon

Funerary Relief and Mourning in the Bible

Colossal Vase and sea from Solomon's Temple.

Mesha Stele or Moabite Stone, Bible and Name of God

Seal Inscribed in Hebrew and divine Name

Model Shrine

Letter from Biridiya and Megiddo

Statue in Human Form

Stele of the Priest Si Gabbor and Death in the Bible

Stele of the Storm God Baal in the Louvre museum

Trivet Decorated with Pomegranates

Golden Calf' in the Louvre and worship of images in the Bible

Fertility Idol and Babylon

Murex

Babylon and The Tower of Babel

Cylinder Seal of the Priest-King at the Louvre Museum

Bas relief of Dudu at the Louvre Museum

Ebih II at the Louvre Museum

Stele of Vultures at the Louvre Museum

Stele of a King of Akkad at the Louvre Museum

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad

Art of Seals at the Louvre Museum

Architect with a Plan and Gudea prince of Lagash

Libation Vase of the God Ningishzida

Gilgamesh and the biblical flood at the Louvre Museum

Cylinder of Gudea at the Louvre Museum

Teraphim at the Louvre Museum

Statue with Gushing Vase at the Louvre Museum

Statue of Ur Ningirsu

Lament for the Destruction of Ur at the Louvre Museum

Weight with Crescent Moon at the Louvre Museum

Libation to the God Shamash at the Louvre Museum

Code of Hammurabi at the Louvre Museum

List of the Kings of Larsa

Goddess Ishtar at the Louvre

Demon Humbaba at the Louvre Museum

Divinatory Livers at the Louvre Museum

Zodiac Calendar at the Louvre Museum

Palace of Mari , Model of the Ruins of the Louvre Museum

Painting of the Organiser of the Sacrifice from Mari

Lion passant at the Louvre Museum

Kudurru of King Melishipak II at the Louvre Museum

Esagila Tablet

The Righteous Sufferer , tablet of the Louvre museum

Tablet of the God Enki Tablet of the Louvre Museum

Head of a Horned Dragon and Marduk

Victory Stele and Assyrian cruelty in the Louvre Museum

Sargon II in the Louvre Museum

Hebrew Siloam Inscription in the Louvre Museum

Transport timber Cedar of Lebanon, reliefs ot the Louvre Museum

Human-Headed Winged Bulls in the Louvre Museum

Stele of the Scribe Tarhunpiyas

Figurine of a Hittite God in the Louvre Museum

Arslan Tash Ivories and Hazael in the Louvre Museum

Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, king of Akkad

Victory Stele of
Naram-Sin, King of Akkad

Sb 4
Richelieu room 2
Unusual circumstances
led to this exceptional work
being housed in the Louvre.
An Elamite king had taken it as plunder.
French archaeologists discovered
the stele slightly before 1900
on the Iranian site of Susa.

Stele of Naram-Sin, King of Akkad

Naram-Sin, grandson of Sargon the Great, vested himself with the title “God of Akkad, king of the four regions”. The inscription expresses his claims to reign over the universe.

The king is standing upright
expressing his piety to the sun-god Shamash, who chose him and
assisted in his victories. Simple mortals, depicted
much smaller, follow him.
The god is suggested here by
a rayed sun disc. His horned helmet indicated that this conqueror of Mari
was deified in his lifetime.
This symbolism is frequently seen
in Mesopotamian iconography.
In the Bible, the horn is also
a symbol of strength and power. - Deuteronomy 33:17
Psalm 75 (verse 5) warns against pride:
“Do not exalt your horn on high.
Do not speak with an arrogant neck.”

The horn, a symbol of strength, like in the Bible

Room 2 - On the right, Victory Stele of Naram-Sin