Description: Babylonian stele (Single stone block, monument or pillar. This word comes from the Greek monos(one) and lithos(stone)  of modest size (less than 75 centimetres high) with one face only decorated with cut-away carving or low relief sculpture  )usurped by an Elamite king, basalt. Found in Susa, 12th century B.C.
Location: Louvre, Department of Oriental Antiquities (Sb9).
Photograph: Jastrow (2005)