- low-relief carving
- Exhibits a combination of frontal and profile views - a type of representation reserved for important people at that time.
- “Shamash” is seated on the right on a stylized mountain. He is shown with a staff, indicating divine power. He is the god who inspired Hammurabi on the left to write the codification of Mesopotamian Law.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Babylonia, Mesopotamia
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment