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Diorite had already been used by old Sumerian rulers (Statue of Entemena). According to the inscriptions, the diorite (Sumerian: na4 esi, 'diorite or gabbro') came from Magan. The remnants of a very large diorite statue in the British Museum may be a representation of Gudea, but this cannot be determined with certainty. What remains of the ...
Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock composed principally of the silicate minerals plagioclase feldspar (typically andesine), biotite, hornblende, and sometimes pyroxene.The chemical composition of diorite is intermediate, between that of mafic gabbro and felsic granite.
Materials for his buildings and statues were brought from all parts of western Asia: cedar wood from the Amanus mountains, quarried stones from Lebanon, copper from northern Arabia, gold and precious stones from the desert between Canaan and Egypt, diorite from Magan (Oman), and timber from Dilmun (Bahrain). [8] [9] [10]
The statue of Entemena back in the National Museum of Iraq, following its rescue. Entemena has one of the earliest statues of a known king from Mesopotamia. It is made of diorite, and is 76 centimeters tall. [19]
The diorite obelisk, damaged at the top and bottom, was found at the site of Susa in Elam in 1897 by Jacques de Morgan. [24] The origin of the monument, considered a kudurru i.e. a land grant, is unknown though generally thought to be from Sippar based on locations mentioned in it and the fact that most texts carried back to Susa by the ...
English: Diorite Statue of Ur-Ba'u, Prince of Lagash, c. 2130 BC Ancient Near East Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
That same year, ancient bronze statues were found in a garbage dump in Tuscany, Italy. In 2013, a 1,800-year-old carved stone head possibly depicting a Roman god found in an ancient trash dump in ...
English: Headless statue of Entemena, ruler of Lagash, c. 2400 BCE. Long cuneiform inscription on the right upper arm and across the upper back. Diorite. From Ur (found in burnt layer on Nabonidus pavement before the inner doorway of the Ziggurat gate in the SW temenos wall according to Woolley), Mesopotamia, Iraq.