Anubanini rock relief
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The Anubanini petroglyph, also called Sar-e Pol-e Zohab II or Sarpol-i Zohab relief, is a rock relief from the Akkad period or the Isin-Larsa period located in Kermanshah province, Iran. The rock reli
The relief in 2016
Components of the relief (extracted): king Anubanini trampling a foe, goddess Ishtar, two groups of prisoners, and an inscription in Akkadian
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Photograph by Ernst Herzfeld
Anubanini
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Anubanini, also Anobanini, was a Chief of the pre-Iranian tribal kingdom of Lullubi in the Zagros Mountains circa 2300 BC, or relatively later during the Isin-Larsa period of Mesopotamia, circa 2000-1
Anubanini rock relief
…Lullubi reliefs are the earliest rock reliefs of Iran, later ones being the Elamite reliefs of Eshkaft-e Salman and Kul-e Farah. In the rock relief, Anubanini, the king of the Lullubi, puts his foot on the chest of a captive. There are eight other captives, two of them kneeling behind the Lullubian equivalent…
Chief Anubanini of Lullubi, holding an axe and a bow, trampling a foe. Anubanini rock relief, c. 2300 BC. Sar-I Pul, Iran.
Depiction of a crown-wearing king, naked, imprisoned by Anubanini. This is possibly a feathered crown as seen on some bronzes of Luristan. Anubanini rock relief.
Prisoners of Anubanini, brought by Goddess Ishtar (detail). They are naked, their hands bound, and held by a ring through the nose. Anubanini rock relief.