Background: A stele is a monument composed of a single column or
shaft typically erected to commemorate an important event or person. The Akkadians under
Sargon dominated the Sumerians about 2300 BC. Naram-Sin was Sargon's grandson. The
god-like Akkadian kings ruled with absolute authority. Naram-Sin's title was "King of
the Four Quarters" meaning "Ruler of the World." Damaged on both the top
and bottom, Naram-Sin's stele depicts the king's defeat of the Lullubi peoples of
present-day Iran.
