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Diadem found in the tomb of Puabi at the Royal tombs of Ur

parsabad:Lunar eclipse/ PERSPOLIS/ Fārs/ IranPhotographer: amir sadeghian

Plaque with two kneeling youths supporting a ram-headed sphinxPeriod: Neo-AssyrianDate: ca. 9th–8th

Ishtar holding her symbol. Terracotta relief, early 2nd millennium B.C. From Eshnunna, Sumer

Head of an thought to be Sargon of Akkad, discovered in the temple of Ishtar at Nineveh c. 2200 B.C.

Nubian with oryx, monkey, and leopard skins, 8th–7th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Phoenician s

a-gnosis:Here’s some more from Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric H

This pendant, one of the earliest types of glass found in Mesopotamia, may represent the goddess Ish

peashooter85:The Hymn of Ninkasi, The Ancient Sumerians loved their beer. In fact they love their b

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Flood Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (Nineveh, 600s BC).Gilgamesh w

This Phoenician-style plaque shows a griffin (a creature with a lion’s body, falcon’s he

Ancient Sumerian necklaces and headdress discovered in the tomb of a woman named Puabi who was eithe

Ancient Sumerian gold beer mug, 2,600 BC. The straw was used to help filter out particulates remain

Shell inlay depicting male torso, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600–2500 B.C.E., Mesopotamia, Sumerian

Four love goddesses from different cultures.

Sexual intercourse between a woman and a man on a terra cotta plaques from Mesopotamia, early 2nd mi

lunariagold:Almost halfway done with the Phoenician alphabet oracle. There are 22 letters/cards in t

Cuneiform tablet counting beer for the workers. Circa 3100-3000 B.C, from Uruk in what is now southe

Ishtar Gate and Ishtar Lover by Iraqi artist Paul Batou~Hasmonean

theancientwayoflife:~ Bull’s head ornament for a lyre.Period: Early Dynastic IIIDate: ca. 2600–2350

ishtargates:Neo-Assyrian stamp seals depicting a dog (top) and the goddess Gula on her throne restin

tammuz:The Bull-Headed Lyre of Ur, the world’s oldest surviving stringed instrument, dating back to

arjuna-vallabha:Mushhushhu dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, from Babylon

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