21. Monumental Eponyms

At Assur, a principal city of Assyria, excavators uncovered about 100 stone stelae bearing the names of kings and high-ranking officials. A single name is inscribed on each monument.

Aside from three royal women, all the named grandees served as eponyms. One theory proposes that an imposing line of stelae originally graced the site. Each monument counted as a year, and when they originally stood upright in in order, they appeared like soldiers marching through time.