INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
reliefs that are associated with the Lullubi civilization are due to depicting Lullubian kings as conquerors
They can be found on the northeastern edge of the modern Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah province, about twenty kilometers east of the border
open-air museum of ancient and prehistoric heritage, which testify to the colorful past of the nation, yet many of them are nearly lost in
Among those, Anubanini bas-reliefs are widely believed to be the oldest rock reliefs in the country.The bas-relief carvings have recently
undergone restoration based on previous studies carried out to determine all possible issues with the ancient works of art, the official
known as Lullubi and Simurrums, who lived in the Zagros Mountain range almost 5,000 years ago.The kingdom of Lullubi, in the valley of the
Diyala river, is mentioned several times in the cuneiform texts from ancient Iraq; the first references date to the third millennium BC
website on ancient history written and maintained since 1996 by the Dutch historian Jona Lendering.They are estimated to date from c
2000 BC because one of the reliefs has an inscription that explains that the victorious ruler is called Anubanini, and this man is also
known from sources from the Isin-Larsa period
The other three reliefs probably date back to about the same age
All reliefs show the king, facing right and holding a bow and a battle-ax, standing on a defeated enemy; in the sky, symbols of the
celestial deities can be seen.On the Anubanini relief, the goddess holds two naked captives, which are tied to each other with ropes
Below the king and the deity, six other prisoners of war can be seen
This relief is the most interesting of the quartet: not only because it is well-preserved but also because it was the model of the
There were two Parthian kings with this name: Gotarzes
I was a rebel who controlled large parts of the empire from 91 to 87 BC, while Gotarzes II ruled from 39 to 51 CE.It is worth saying that
Kermanshah is a cradle of civilization due to its antiquity and having Neolithic sites that have yielded rich collections of stone tools and
