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(inventory)Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	English: One fragment of the victory stele of the king Eannatum of Lagash over Umma, called « Stele of Vultures ». Circa 2450 BC, Sumerian archaic dynasties. Material : limestone. Discovered in 1881 in Girsu (now Tello, Iraq), Mesopotamia, by Édouard de Sarzec. Français : L'un des fragments de la stèle de victoire du roi Eannatum de Lagash sur Umma, dite « Stèle des Vautours ». Vers 2450 avant J.-C., dynasties archaïques sumériennes. Matériau : calcaire. Découverte en 1881 à Girsu (actuelle Tello, Iraq), Mésopotamie, par Édouard de Sarzec.
Dimensions	H. 35 cm (13 ¾ in.)
Credit line	Donation of the British Museum
Accession number	AO 16 IO9, AO 50, AO 2246 and AO 2348 (for the whole stele)
Location	Mésopotamie archaïque, des origines au IIIe millénaire avant J.-C., Richelieu, ground floor
Photographer/source	Eric Gaba (User:Sting), July 2005.

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