{"id":3076,"date":"2020-07-23T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=3076"},"modified":"2022-12-03T22:07:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T22:07:14","slug":"stele-du-roi-untash-napirisha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/elamite-mythology\/stele-of-king-untash-napirisha\/","title":{"rendered":"Stele of King Untash-Napirisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3076\" class=\"elementor elementor-3076\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9153f67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9153f67\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a150074\" data-id=\"a150074\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-467fadd elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"467fadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/elamite-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Elamite mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7948213\" data-id=\"7948213\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d33b9 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"81d33b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religion_%C3%A9lamite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-146de6f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"146de6f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6159ecac\" data-id=\"6159ecac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63625a65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63625a65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>This stele in four registers was commissioned by King <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/elamite-mythology\/\">elamite<\/a> Untash-Napirisha for the city of Tchoga Zanbil. The stele of King Untash-Napirisha was brought back to Susa by one of these successors, probably Shutruk-Nahunte I. The themes of the registers are the recognition of royal power by the god Inshushinak, the accompaniment of the king to the temple by two priestesses, women-fish with a gushing stream (minor deities perpetuating the cycle of waters); finally, two men-mouflons protectors of the sacred tree.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Stele of King Untash-Napirisha\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/elamite-mythology\/stele-of-king-untash-napirisha\/#Stele-du-roi-Untash-Napirisha\" >Stele of King Untash-Napirisha<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/elamite-mythology\/stele-of-king-untash-napirisha\/#La-ceremonie-de-reconnaissance-dune-divinite-par-le-roi\" >The ceremony of recognition of a deity by the king<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/elamite-mythology\/stele-of-king-untash-napirisha\/#Des-etre-surnaturels-protecteurs-de-la-nature\" >Supernatural beings protectors of nature<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stele-du-roi-Untash-Napirisha\"><\/span>Stele of King Untash-Napirisha<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>King Untash-Napirisha dedicated this stele to the god Inshushinak, at Al-Untash (currently Tchoga Zanbil), the new religious capital which he had built forty kilometers southeast of Susa. He made this region the political and religious heart of Elam. The stele must have been brought back to Susa by one of his successors in the 12th century, probably Shutruk-Nahunte I. The decor is organized in four registers separated by a frieze of guilloches. The whole is framed by two snakes, whose heads clash at the top.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La-ceremonie-de-reconnaissance-dune-divinite-par-le-roi\"><\/span>The ceremony of recognition of a deity by the king<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the upper register, Untash-Napirisha is received by the god Inshushinak. The royal dedication is engraved in Elamite between the two figures. She names Inshushinak god of the Susian plain. The god is seated on a throne probably made up of coiled serpents of which he is holding one of the horned heads. He holds in his hands the insignia of his power: the ring and the staff. This ceremony of Mesopotamian tradition is rendered in an Elamite style.<\/p>\n<p>Favorite animal in <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythology-of-the-great-iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, the snake is considered as a principle of fecundity. In the second millennium, he was closely linked to the \u201cgod of the serpent and the gushing waves\u201d. This divine principle corresponds to Enki\/Ea, the god <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-de-mesopotamie-53\/\">mesopotamian<\/a> groundwater. The two serpents running along the edges of the stele probably limit the Aps\u00fb, a liquid mass of fresh water encircling the world, over which Enki reigns.<\/p>\n<p>In the lower register, Untash-Napirisha is surrounded by his wife Napir-Asu and probably his mother, the priestess U-tik, who accompany the ruler into the temple for this ceremony. The names of the two women are inscribed on their forearms, which they hold crossed on their stomachs in an attitude conventional to the Middle-Elamite period.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Des-etre-surnaturels-protecteurs-de-la-nature\"><\/span>Supernatural beings protectors of nature<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>On the third register, a minor goddess, whose body ends in the shape of a fishtail, embraces the waves that spring from several vases. By perpetuating the water cycle, it emphasizes their beneficial role for nature, in particular vegetation, symbolized by a stylized tree in the lower register. Supernatural beings, like this goddess, populate the Aps\u00fb. The waves here have the appearance of ropes, reminiscent of the sinuous body of the reptile.<\/p>\n<p>The belonging of these deities to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">mythology<\/a> Elamite is highlighted by the bovine ear which points behind their hair, adding to a human ear.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on the last register two men-mouflons frame a stylized tree, symbol of the vegetable world. These are the equivalents of the bull-men <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-de-mesopotamie-53\/\">mesopotamians<\/a>. They perhaps replace here the acolytes of the god Enki, naked heroes guarding his domain. By monitoring groundwater, they guarantee the development and protection of the sacred tree, which corresponds to the vegetation resulting from the beneficial action of water.<\/p>\n<p>These last two registers are characterized by a symmetrical composition.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythologie Elamite Wiki Cette st\u00e8le en quatre registres a \u00e9t\u00e9 commandit\u00e9e par le roi \u00e9lamite Untash-Napirisha pour la ville de &hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3066,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3076","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24876,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3076\/revisions\/24876"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}