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found five hundred miles north of Ak­
kad itself, it is believed to be a por­
trait of that monarch who, three
hundred years before the Second
Millennium opened, established an
empire stretching from the Mediterra­
nean to the Persian Gulf.

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One of die “Royal Graves’’ of Ur, of
about 2400 b.c., contained, in addi­
tion to many human sacrifices, a
‘“standard” of shell and lapis lazuli,
Ibearing on its two sides nicturer
iSumerian life in war and * :ace. r-
ithe “peace” side, shows I■•; ;
Ihis family feasting to music i ’
nvhile below them subjects brin.
lute, bales of produce, cheep
sand asses. The “war” side shov.
iinfantry and ass-drawn chariots o
SSumerian arrnv (sec drawing on . g
113).