File:Murex Rimush Louvre AO21404.jpg

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Object

Artist

Unknown

Description

English: Murex (mollusc of the muricidae family) bearing the name of Rimush, king of Kish. The shell comes from the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf.
(For the other dating): following w:Sargon of Akkad-(his father), reign ca. 2270 to 2215 BC, w:Rimush of Akkad's dating is 2215/2214 to 2206 BC.

Français : Murex (mollusque de la famille des muricidæ) portant le nom de Rimush, roi de Kish. Le coquillage provient de la Mer Rouge ou du golfe Persique.

Date

circa 2270 BC

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

Mésopotamie, room 2: Mésopotamie, 2350 à 2000 avant J.-C. environ. Richelieu, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 21404

Credit line

old fund

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 12118

Permission
( Reusing this file)

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.

This work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less.

Photograph

Date

2006

Photographer

Marie-Lan Nguyen

Source

Own work

Permission
( Reusing this file)

I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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File usage

The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Akkadian Empire

Metadata

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