Ur-Ningirsu (English spelling) UrNingirsu

Japanese: Ur-Ningirsu(英語表記)UrNingirsu
Ur-Ningirsu (English spelling) UrNingirsu

...The designs became more diverse, including scenes based on myths and legends, and scenes depicting worshippers standing before a god. The combinations of gods, heroes, people, and animals were skillful, and the depictions became more naturalistic. Around the time the Akkadian dynasty was destroyed by the oppression of the Gutians, many stone sculptures of Gudea and his son Ur-Ningirsu were discovered in Lagash, the only Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia that maintained its independence. All of these are standing or seated figures in a pose of prayer to the god, and are full of volume, skillfully utilizing the texture of the hard basalt. ...

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Japanese:

…神話伝説に題材を求めたと思われる説話風の場面や,神の前に立つ礼拝者像を表した場面など図柄が多様になり,登場する神,英雄,人物,動物の組合せは巧みで,描写はより自然主義的になっていった。 アッカド王朝がグティ人の圧迫により滅亡したころ,メソポタミア南部において唯一独立を維持していたシュメール人の都市国家ラガシュからは,グデアとその子ウルニンギルスUr‐Ningirsuを表した石彫像が数多く発見された。これらはすべて神に祈りをささげている姿勢をとる直立像または座像で,硬質の玄武岩の持つ質感を巧みに生かした量感あふれるものである。…

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