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Replica 'Head of Sargon of Akkad', art casting

Product information "Replica 'Head of Sargon of Akkad', art casting"

Sargon (2350-2295 BC) was the founder of Akkad and thus of the first centrally administered empire in history. His people worshipped him as a divine being. This head once belonged to a life-size statue. Original: National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad. Nineveh Mesopotamia, around 2350 BC, copper. Polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand, height incl. plinth 53 cm. Diabase base 21 x 21 x 12 cm (w/h/d).