Vase of Entemena
Vaso de plata de Enmetena
- Date
- c. 2400 BCE · confidence medium
- Place
- Tello, Dhi Qar, Iraq
- Credited to
- Ernest de Sarzec
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A silver vase on copper legs dedicated to the god Ningirsu by Entemena, ruler of Lagash, decorated with the lion-headed eagle Anzud grasping two lions; found during Ernest de Sarzec's excavations at Tello.
What it led to
- an early reference for Sumerian silver and copper metalwork
- documents the iconography of the god Ningirsu and the eagle Anzud
- a highlight of European Mesopotamian collections