Mask of Sargon of Akkad, third millennium B.C. digitally restored. The life-size bronce bust was found in the temple of Ishtar in Nineveh, in 1931. It had been intentionally damaged and separated from the body, which was never recovered, probably by Medes and Babylonians in 612 BC… [1280×853] [OC

…Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states between 2334–2284 BC. He is considered the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire, the first emperor. Ruling from his capital, Akkad, his empire is thought to have included most of Mesopotamia and parts of the Levant, reaching from the Mediterranean and Lebanon to the Persian Gulf. His dynasty ruled for 140 years. He is not to be confused with Sargon I, a later Assyrian king.

Imperial ideology and charismatic leadership were two of the most striking features of the Akkadian empire and had a profound effect on later Mesopotamian dynasties. From this time on, ambitious Mesopotamian rulers sought to have themselves portrayed in public monuments as heroic and godlike individuals, deserving reverence from their subjects.

Sargon appears as a legendary figure in Neo-Assyrian literature of the 8th to 7th centuries BC. Tablets with fragments of a Sargon Birth Legend were found in the Library of Ashurbanipal.

The bust was placed for safekeeping in the Central Bank in Baghdad and survived the looting of the Iraq Museum in April 2003.

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We dont know who this mask is representing