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This cylinder seal found in the late Susa II layer at Susa (3300 - 3100 BC) depicts some of the earliest evidence for warfare and predates the invention of writing in Mesopotamia. In this image the Sumerian Lugal“Big Man” character assaults the city of Susa. The building in the background is almost surely the temple of Ninshushinak (Sumerian for “Lord of Susa”) at Susa. Little is known about Ninshushinak, or any of the indigenous Elamite gods for that matter, but his temple in Susa is shown in early depictions to be flanked by large bronze-cast horns. I’ve dreamt about this place.
