![]() ![]() ![]() However, like most of the people who followed him, his empire didn’t last long.Īccording to legend, Sargon’s mother was “changeling,” meaning a demon or a prostitute. He was the first emperor of the world’s first empire. Sargon the Great of Akkad is the first in a long (and possibly ever-extending) line of people whose life is drartiven by conquest. Iconography: In most cultures, beauty and goodness are equated as being one in the same thing. Certainly the cultures of Mesopotamia felt this way as well. Therefore the portraits beauty is also equated with Sargon's inner beauty and or virtue. His "virtuous" nature is symbolically enhanced by his beard. Beards are icons of wisdom and because in order to grow a beard one needs to have matured to appoint beyond childhood. (This same idea is evidenced in several versions of the Arthurian legends in which although King Arthur was able to pull the sword from the stone, his brothers still refer to him as "beardless" and therefore too inexperienced or young to rule. Form: Made from bronze, this portrait head was probably part of a larger work. Perhaps a full figure. The shape and proportions of the face and head are naturalistic but the shape and texture of the eyebrows and hair are stylized in a geometric fashion. Other stylizations or distortions occur in the exaggerated size of his eyes and nose. These stylizations and exaggerations are attempts to idealize this ruler and make him more handsome or beautiful than he probably was according to the ideals of physical perfection in the ancient near east.
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