Napir-Asu

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Statue of Napirasu

Napir-Asu was an Elamite queen around 1225 BC. And the wife of Untasch-Napirischa . It is best known from a 1.29 m high bronze statue , which was found in Susa in 1903 and is considered a major work of Elamite art. The head of the work is lost. It shows the queen in a long robe with her hands on her stomach. The figure is now in the Louvre . From a letter it is known that Untash-Napirischa was married to a Babylonian princess, a daughter of Burna-buriaš II . However, it is uncertain whether this is Napir-Asu.

literature

  • DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0521563585 , 210, 218-20

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SURNAME Napir-Asu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Elamite Queen
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 13th century BC Chr.