DescriptionBassetki Statue, Akkadian period, 23rd century BCE, from Bassetki, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg
English: The name of the Akkadian king
Naram-Sin appears on the statue's base. The Bassetki statue was looted somewhere between April 10-12, 2003 CE, after the fall of Saddam's regime. In November 2003 CE, a combined raid by the American Military Police and Iraqi Police retrieved the statue, which was covered with axle grease and submerged in a cesspool in a house on the outskirts of Baghdad. The Bassetki Statue was number 2 on the list of the 30 most-wanted looted artifacts from the Iraq Museum in April 2003 CE. Akkadian period, 2300-2200 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq. Base diameter 75 cm. IM77823.
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DescriptionBassetki Statue, Akkadian period, 23rd century BCE, from Bassetki, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg
English: The name of the Akkadian king
Naram-Sin appears on the statue's base. The Bassetki statue was looted somewhere between April 10-12, 2003 CE, after the fall of Saddam's regime. In November 2003 CE, a combined raid by the American Military Police and Iraqi Police retrieved the statue, which was covered with axle grease and submerged in a cesspool in a house on the outskirts of Baghdad. The Bassetki Statue was number 2 on the list of the 30 most-wanted looted artifacts from the Iraq Museum in April 2003 CE. Akkadian period, 2300-2200 BCE. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq. Base diameter 75 cm. IM77823.
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