Stele of the Vultures

c. 2450 BC · Sumer

Celebrates King Eannatum of Lagash’s victory over Umma: helmeted soldiers in a tight phalanx and vultures carrying off enemy heads, one of the earliest images of organised warfare.

Date

c. 2450 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Girsu

Where it is today

Louvre, Paris

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